Weatherford International plc (NASDAQ: WFRD) is -12.88% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $77.00 and a high of $135.00 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The WFRD stock was last observed hovering at around $89.45 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -4.22%.
Currently trading at $85.23, the stock is 2.02% and -3.09% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.19 million and changing -4.72% at the moment leaves the stock -20.67% off its SMA200. WFRD registered -11.95% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -31.87%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $88.1602 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $107.44685.
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The stock witnessed a -6.07% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -21.56%, and is -4.87% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.61% over the week and 3.94% over the month.
Weatherford International plc (WFRD) has around 18500 employees, a market worth around $6.19B and $5.53B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 11.94 and Fwd P/E is 10.96. Profit margin for the company is 9.65%. Distance from 52-week low is 10.69% and -36.87% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (17.26%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 20.98% this year
520.0 institutions hold shares in Weatherford International plc (WFRD), with institutional investors hold 99.91% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 72.00M, and float is at 71.52M with Short Float at 2.94%. Institutions hold 98.37% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 7.42 million shares valued at $908.72 million. The investor’s holdings represent 10.1799 of the WFRD Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ with 7.38 million shares valued at $903.74 million to account for 10.1241 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 7.34 million shares representing 10.0641 and valued at over $898.38 million, while T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. holds 5.1095 of the shares totaling 3.72 million with a market value of $456.1 million.
Weatherford International plc (WFRD) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Mills Desmond J, the company’s SVP & Chief Accounting Officer. SEC filings show that Mills Desmond J sold 6,531 shares of the company’s common stock on Oct 25 ’24 at a price of $79.86 per share for a total of $0.52 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 11680.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Sep 05 ’24, Reed David John (EVP, Chief Commercial Officer) disposed off 6,805 shares at an average price of $93.96 for $0.64 million. The insider now directly holds 0 shares of Weatherford International plc (WFRD).
