National Vision Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: EYE) is 4.41% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $9.56 and a high of $24.11 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The EYE stock was last observed hovering at around $10.77 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.11%.
Currently trading at $10.88, the stock is -2.40% and -2.76% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.19 million and changing 1.02% at the moment leaves the stock -18.05% off its SMA200. EYE registered -46.38% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -11.26%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $11.1891 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $13.275725.
The stock witnessed a -4.06% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 6.04%, and is 2.93% 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 4.15% over the week and 4.62% over the month.
National Vision Holdings Inc (EYE) has around 13998 employees, a market worth around $865.55M and $1.95B in sales. Fwd P/E is 20.90. Profit margin for the company is -0.81%. Distance from 52-week low is 13.81% and -54.87% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-1.07%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -22.95% this year.
National Vision Holdings Inc (EYE) Top Institutional Holders
277.0 institutions hold shares in National Vision Holdings Inc (EYE), with institutional investors hold 107.53% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 78.69M, and float is at 76.95M with Short Float at 4.26%. Institutions hold 105.38% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 13.9 million shares valued at $182.0 million. The investor’s holdings represent 17.7383% of the EYE Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 9.23 million shares valued at $120.85 million to account for 11.7783 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC which holds 6.4 million shares representing 8.159% and valued at over $83.72 million, while CLEARBRIDGE INVESTMENTS, LLC holds 5.6421 of the shares totaling 4.42 million with a market value of $57.89 million.
National Vision Holdings Inc (EYE) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Moore Patrick R., the company’s Special Advisor. SEC filings show that Moore Patrick R. sold 17,661 shares of the company’s common stock on Aug 23 ’24 at a price of $10.52 per share for a total of $0.19 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 66881.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 13 ’24, PEELER D RANDOLPH (Director) acquired 25,000 shares at an average price of $10.57 for $0.26 million. The insider now directly holds 207,880 shares of National Vision Holdings Inc (EYE).
