Uniti Group Inc (NASDAQ: UNIT) is -8.36% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $2.57 and a high of $6.31 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 UNIT stock was last observed hovering at around $4.93 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.11%.
Currently trading at $5.04, the stock is -0.34% and -6.27% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.18 million and changing 2.23% at the moment leaves the stock 1.38% off its SMA200. UNIT registered -14.14% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -7.18%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $5.377 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $4.9715.
The stock witnessed a -12.20% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -7.86%, and is -0.98% 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 4.74% over the week and 4.47% over the month.
Uniti Group Inc (UNIT) has around 758 employees, a market worth around $1.23B and $1.17B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 13.40. Profit margin for the company is 7.82%. Distance from 52-week low is 96.11% and -20.13% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.84%).
with sales reaching $295.39M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -57.24% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 3.50% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 3.13% in year-over-year returns.
Uniti Group Inc (UNIT) Top Institutional Holders
416.0 institutions hold shares in Uniti Group Inc (UNIT), with institutional investors hold 92.13% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 237.51M, and float is at 227.26M with Short Float at 5.78%. Institutions hold 89.65% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 38.87 million shares valued at $113.51 million. The investor’s holdings represent 16.3789% of the UNIT Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 37.2 million shares valued at $108.62 million to account for 15.7016 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L.P. which holds 10.12 million shares representing 4.2642% and valued at over $29.55 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.0098 of the shares totaling 9.52 million with a market value of $27.79 million.
Uniti Group Inc (UNIT) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Mudry Ronald J., the company’s SVP-CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER. SEC filings show that Mudry Ronald J. sold 28,693 shares of the company’s common stock on Aug 06 ’24 at a price of $3.94 per share for a total of $0.11 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.51 million shares.
