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Is Wayfair Inc (W) a good stock to buy now?

Wayfair Inc (NYSE: W) is -32.15% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $31.00 and a high of $76.18 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 W stock was last observed hovering at around $32.10 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -2.03%.

Currently trading at $30.07, the stock is -18.55% and -29.63% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.8 million and changing -6.32% at the moment leaves the stock -36.29% off its SMA200. W registered -51.95% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -36.49%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $42.7322 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $47.1979.

The stock witnessed a -39.14% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -43.54%, and is -11.77% 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 6.02% over the week and 6.68% over the month.

Wayfair Inc (W) has around 13500 employees, a market worth around $3.82B and $11.85B in sales. Fwd P/E is 20.76. Profit margin for the company is -4.15%. Distance from 52-week low is -3.00% and -60.53% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-46.59%).

with sales reaching $2.71B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 309.86% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 0.79% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -0.75% in year-over-year returns.

Wayfair Inc (W) Top Institutional Holders

448.0 institutions hold shares in Wayfair Inc (W), with institutional investors hold 116.39% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 100.76M, and float is at 92.78M with Short Float at 19.37%. Institutions hold 110.35% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is FMR LLC with over 14.41 million shares valued at $759.61 million. The investor’s holdings represent 11.8078% of the W Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS with 12.15 million shares valued at $640.6 million to account for 9.958 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 8.98 million shares representing 7.3641% and valued at over $473.74 million, while BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO holds 4.5805 of the shares totaling 5.59 million with a market value of $294.66 million.

Wayfair Inc (W) Insider Activity

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Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 10 ’25, Conine Steven (Officer) Proposed Sale 4,000 shares at an average price of $34.02 for $0.14 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Wayfair Inc (W).

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