Morgan Stanley slashes price target on WW International Inc [WW] – find out why.

WW International Inc [NASDAQ: WW] gained 10.92% or 0.13 points to close at $1.32 with a heavy trading volume of 4535779 shares.

The daily chart for WW points out that the company has recorded 10.00% gains over the past six months.

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If we look at the average trading volume of 8.90M shares, WW reached to a volume of 4535779 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here is what top equities market gurus are saying 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 $1.07 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 3.00. 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.

Morgan Stanley have made an estimate for WW International Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Equal-Weight, with their previous recommendation back on July 26, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Barclays raised their target price to Underweight. The new note on the price target was released on January 03, 2024, representing the official price target for WW International Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $14, while Guggenheim analysts kept a Buy rating on WW stock. On September 27, 2023, analysts increased their price target for WW shares from 4 to 10.

The Average True Range (ATR) for WW International Inc is set at 0.17, with the Price to Sales ratio for WW stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.13.

Trading performance analysis for WW stock

WW International Inc [WW] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -8.33. With this latest performance, WW shares gained by 6.45% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 10.00% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -85.79% 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 50.96, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 49.13, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 51.88 for WW International Inc [WW]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 1.1938, while it was recorded at 1.2840 for the last single week of trading, and 1.3220 for the last 200 days.

WW International Inc [WW]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis

WW International Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.53 and a Current Ratio set at 0.53.

WW International Inc [WW]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis

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%.

An analysis of Institutional ownership at WW International Inc [WW]

There are presently around $30.63%, or 31.16%% of WW stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of WW stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 4.07 million shares, which is approximately 5.1346%. MORGAN STANLEY, holding 3.69 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$4.32 million in WW stocks shares; and MORGAN STANLEY, currently with $$2.48 million in WW stock with ownership which is approximately 2.6805%.