Skechers U S A, Inc (NYSE: SKX) is -5.79% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $55.67 and a high of $78.85 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 SKX stock was last observed hovering at around $61.82 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.53%.
Currently trading at $63.35, the stock is -6.94% and -8.49% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.79 million and changing 2.47% at the moment leaves the stock -5.48% off its SMA200. SKX registered 5.23% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -9.24%.
The stock witnessed a -15.58% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 3.84%, and is -3.97% 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 3.24% over the week and 3.49% over the month.
Skechers U S A, Inc (SKX) has around 17900 employees, a market worth around $9.56B and $8.97B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 15.27 and Fwd P/E is 12.06. Profit margin for the company is 7.13%. Distance from 52-week low is 13.80% and -19.66% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (11.58%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 2.96% this year
The shares outstanding are 150.97M, and float is at 130.54M with Short Float at 3.02%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is FMR LLC with over 19.86 million shares valued at $$1.37 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.9869 of the SKX Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 12.73 million shares valued at $$879.63 million to account for 8.3222 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 12.53 million shares representing 8.1966 and valued at over $$866.35 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 3.0156 of the shares totaling 4.61 million with a market value of $$318.74 million.
Skechers U S A, Inc (SKX) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by NASON MARK A, the company’s Executive Vice President. SEC filings show that NASON MARK A sold 12,046 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 18 ’25 at a price of $66.08 per share for a total of $0.8 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 25675.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 12 ’25, WEINBERG DAVID (Chief Operating Officer) disposed off 36,000 shares at an average price of $62.72 for $2.26 million. The insider now directly holds 54,499 shares of Skechers U S A, Inc (SKX).
