W. P. Carey Inc (NYSE: WPC) is -15.40% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $53.09 and a high of $67.40 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 WPC stock was last observed hovering at around $55.08 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.25%.
Currently trading at $54.83, the stock is -1.57% and -2.81% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.87 million and changing -0.45% at the moment leaves the stock -4.63% off its SMA200. WPC registered -16.37% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -1.47%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $56.5128 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $57.50575.
The stock witnessed a -4.71% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -12.77%, and is 1.14% up 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 1.96% over the week and 1.91% over the month.
W. P. Carey Inc (WPC) has around 197 employees, a market worth around $12.00B and $1.59B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 21.62 and Fwd P/E is 20.80. Profit margin for the company is 35.12%. Distance from 52-week low is 3.28% and -18.65% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.35%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -33.02% this year
1065.0 institutions hold shares in W. P. Carey Inc (WPC), with institutional investors hold 69.97% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 218.85M, and float is at 216.09M with Short Float at 1.22%. Institutions hold 69.12% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 30.78 million shares valued at $1.69 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 13.9886 of the WPC Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 26.79 million shares valued at $1.47 billion to account for 12.1754 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 12.05 million shares representing 5.4783 and valued at over $673.87 million, while GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC holds 2.0208 of the shares totaling 4.45 million with a market value of $244.42 million.
W. P. Carey Inc (WPC) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Zander Brian H, the company’s Chief Accounting Officer. SEC filings show that Zander Brian H sold 440 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 20 ’24 at a price of $56.65 per share for a total of $24926.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 7237.0 shares.
W. P. Carey Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 13 ’24 that Farrell Peter (Director) bought a total of 1,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 13 ’24 and was made at $55.56 per share for $55556.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 22289.0 shares of the WPC stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 01 ’24, ALEXANDER MARK A (Director) acquired 5,000 shares at an average price of $55.29 for $0.28 million. The insider now directly holds 45,850 shares of W. P. Carey Inc (WPC).
