RPM International, Inc (NYSE: RPM) is -3.09% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $100.82 and a high of $141.79 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 RPM stock was last observed hovering at around $123.06 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -3.8%.
Currently trading at $119.26, the stock is -7.83% and -9.70% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.98 million and changing -3.09% at the moment leaves the stock -0.16% off its SMA200. RPM registered 8.68% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 11.19%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $132.0704 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $119.45105.
The stock witnessed a -14.60% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -6.57%, and is -5.45% 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 1.76% over the week and 1.84% over the month.
RPM International, Inc (RPM) has around 17207 employees, a market worth around $15.35B and $7.29B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 25.00 and Fwd P/E is 19.34. Profit margin for the company is 8.40%. Distance from 52-week low is 18.29% and -15.89% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (12.22%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 11.93% this year
953.0 institutions hold shares in RPM International, Inc (RPM), with institutional investors hold 84.13% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 128.70M, and float is at 127.07M with Short Float at 1.20%. Institutions hold 83.10% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 14.06 million shares valued at $1.51 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.0052 of the RPM Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 13.24 million shares valued at $1.43 billion to account for 10.3608 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are ARISTOTLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC which holds 9.2 million shares representing 7.1994 and valued at over $990.59 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.7784 of the shares totaling 6.11 million with a market value of $657.48 million.
RPM International, Inc (RPM) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Nance Frederick R., the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Nance Frederick R. sold 594 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 14 ’24 at a price of $135.47 per share for a total of $80467.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 8526.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Oct 31 ’24, Laroche Michael J. (VP, Controller & CAO) disposed off 3,615 shares at an average price of $127.14 for $0.46 million. The insider now directly holds 11,596 shares of RPM International, Inc (RPM).
