Wayfair Inc [NYSE: W] gained 8.60% or 6179948.01 points to close at $6180000.0 with a heavy trading volume of 8271457 shares.
It opened the trading session at $53.15, the shares rose to $56.46 and dropped to $53.03, the range by which the price of stock traded the whole day. The daily chart for W points out that the company has recorded 29.05% gains over the past six months.
If we look at the average trading volume of 6.18M shares, W reached to a volume of 8271457 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 Wayfair Inc [W]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for W shares is $46.53 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on W stock is a recommendation set at 2.08. 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.
Loop Capital have made an estimate for Wayfair Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Sell, with their previous recommendation back on May 14, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on May 12, 2025, representing the official price target for Wayfair Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $25, while Deutsche Bank analysts kept a Hold rating on W stock. On April 10, 2025, analysts decreased their price target for W shares from 53 to 36.
Price to Free Cash Flow for W in the course of the last twelve months was 52.88 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.79.
Trading performance analysis for W stock
Wayfair Inc [W] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 12.67. With this latest performance, W shares gained by 35.82% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 29.05% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 27.39% in the past year of trading.
Wayfair Inc [W]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Wayfair Inc [W] shares currently have an operating margin of -1.96% and a Gross Margin at 28.00%. Wayfair Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at -3.01%.
Return on Equity for this stock declined to -10.72%, with Return on Assets sitting at -10.72%.
Wayfair Inc [W]: 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 W. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Wayfair Inc go to 158.10%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at Wayfair Inc [W]
There are presently around $114.89%, or 120.29%% of W stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of W stocks are: FMR LLC with ownership of 14.41 million shares, which is approximately 11.8078%. CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS, holding 12.15 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$640.6 million in W stocks shares; and CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS, currently with $$473.74 million in W stock with ownership which is approximately 7.3641%.
