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Steelcase, Inc (SCS) – Don’t Be So Quick to Call it Dead

Steelcase, Inc (NYSE: SCS) is -13.62% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $9.58 and a high of $14.74 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 SCS stock was last observed hovering at around $10.61 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.4%.

Currently trading at $10.21, the stock is -5.41% and -10.46% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.19 million and changing -3.77% at the moment leaves the stock -18.65% off its SMA200. SCS registered -19.73% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -20.11%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $11.4022 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $12.5504.

The stock witnessed a -7.85% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -9.65%, and is -4.93% 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 7.91% over the week and 4.42% over the month.

Steelcase, Inc (SCS) has around 11300 employees, a market worth around $1.16B and $3.17B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 10.04 and Fwd P/E is 7.96. Profit margin for the company is 3.72%. Distance from 52-week low is 6.58% and -30.73% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.78%).

The EPS is expected to shrink by -0.67% this year

335.0 institutions hold shares in Steelcase, Inc (SCS), with institutional investors hold 109.75% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 113.72M, and float is at 84.66M with Short Float at 2.61%. Institutions hold 96.06% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 10.24 million shares valued at $132.77 million. The investor’s holdings represent 8.924 of the SCS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 8.26 million shares valued at $106.99 million to account for 7.191 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC which holds 7.09 million shares representing 6.1783 and valued at over $91.92 million, while DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP holds 4.6143 of the shares totaling 5.3 million with a market value of $68.65 million.

Steelcase, Inc (SCS) Insider Activity

The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Krestakos Robert G, the company’s VP, Chief Operations Officer. SEC filings show that Krestakos Robert G sold 5,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 22 ’25 at a price of $11.74 per share for a total of $58700.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.11 million shares.

Still, SEC filings show that on Oct 15 ’24, Krestakos Robert G (VP, Chief Operations Officer) disposed off 4,000 shares at an average price of $13.11 for $52440.0. The insider now directly holds 119,481 shares of Steelcase, Inc (SCS).

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