WW International Inc. [NASDAQ: WW] surged by $0.21 during the normal trading session on Friday and reaching a high of $7.9191 during the day while it closed the day at $7.56. The company report on April 10, 2023 that WW International, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Sequence.
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WW International Inc. stock has also gained 81.29% of its value over the past 7 days. However, WW stock has inclined by 73.00% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 103.77% and gained 95.85% year-on date.
The market cap for WW stock reached $518.92 million, with 70.51 million shares outstanding and 53.49 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 6.12M shares, WW reached a trading volume of 13752652 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about WW International Inc. [WW]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for WW shares is $7.20 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on WW stock is a recommendation set at 2.90. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Goldman have made an estimate for WW International Inc. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on April 11, 2023. The new note on the price target was released on March 08, 2023, representing the official price target for WW International Inc. stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $10, while KeyBanc Capital Markets analysts kept a Underweight rating on WW stock. On January 11, 2022, analysts decreased their price target for WW shares from 40 to 18.
The Average True Range (ATR) for WW International Inc. is set at 0.60, with the Price to Sales ratio for WW stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.50. Price to Free Cash Flow for WW in the course of the last twelve months was 6.97 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.30.
WW stock trade performance evaluation
WW International Inc. [WW] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 81.29. With this latest performance, WW shares gained by 71.82% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 103.77% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -25.00% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for WW stock in for the last two-week period is set at 76.70, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 84.12, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 71.25 for WW International Inc. [WW]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 4.54, while it was recorded at 6.41 for the last single week of trading, and 4.87 for the last 200 days.
WW International Inc. [WW]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and WW International Inc. [WW] shares currently have an operating margin of +12.24 and a Gross Margin at +60.62. WW International Inc.’s Net Margin is presently recorded at -24.15.
Return on Total Capital for WW is now 13.52, given the latest momentum, and Return on Invested Capital for the company is -27.23. Additionally, WW Total Debt to Total Capital is recorded at 182.93, with Total Debt to Total Assets ending up at 146.67.
Reflecting on the efficiency of the workforce at the company, WW International Inc. [WW] managed to generate an average of -$35,409 per employee. Receivables Turnover for the company is 38.84 with a Total Asset Turnover recorded at a value of 0.85.WW International Inc.’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.30 and a Current Ratio set at 1.40.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for WW International Inc. [WW] stock
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for WW. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for WW International Inc. go to 15.00%.
WW International Inc. [WW]: Insider Ownership positions
There are presently around $431 million, or 83.40% of WW stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of WW stocks are: ARTAL GROUP S.A. with ownership of 14,818,300, which is approximately 0% of the company’s market cap and around 2.60% of the total institutional ownership; BLACKROCK INC., holding 8,738,762 shares of the stock with an approximate value of $66.06 million in WW stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $41.58 million in WW stock with ownership of nearly -26.758% of the company’s market capitalization.
Positions in WW International Inc. stocks held by institutional investors increased at the end of Thursday and at the time of the Thursday reporting period, where 81 institutional holders increased their position in WW International Inc. [NASDAQ:WW] by around 6,511,158 shares. Additionally, 91 investors decreased positions by around 7,251,309 shares, while 41 investors held positions by with 43,306,640 shares. The mentioned changes placed institutional holdings at 57,069,107 shares, according to the latest SEC report filing. WW stock had 20 new institutional investments in for a total of 1,893,592 shares, while 40 institutional investors sold positions of 2,758,836 shares during the same period.