Marriott International, Inc (NASDAQ: MAR) is -21.56% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $204.55 and a high of $307.52 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 MAR stock was last observed hovering at around $222.58 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -3.79%.
Currently trading at $218.79, the stock is -5.47% and -14.71% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.67 million and changing -1.70% at the moment leaves the stock -14.99% off its SMA200. MAR registered -11.92% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -16.35%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $256.53 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $257.37894.
The stock witnessed a -8.99% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -20.74%, and is -6.26% 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 3.53% over the week and 4.02% over the month.
Marriott International, Inc (MAR) has around 418000 employees, a market worth around $60.25B and $25.10B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 26.30 and Fwd P/E is 19.11. Profit margin for the company is 9.46%. Distance from 52-week low is 6.96% and -28.85% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (21.71%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 9.14% this year
1952.0 institutions hold shares in Marriott International, Inc (MAR), with institutional investors hold 75.85% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 276.67M, and float is at 240.74M with Short Float at 2.26%. Institutions hold 62.49% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 20.4 million shares valued at $4.93 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 7.0253 of the MAR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 15.18 million shares valued at $3.67 billion to account for 5.3107 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 9.59 million shares representing 3.3543 and valued at over $2.32 billion, while JPMORGAN CHASE & CO holds 2.8428 of the shares totaling 8.12 million with a market value of $1.96 billion.
Marriott International, Inc (MAR) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by SCHWAB SUSAN C, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that SCHWAB SUSAN C sold 1,054 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 24 ’25 at a price of $277.48 per share for a total of $0.29 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 4551.0 shares.
Marriott International, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 21 ’25 that Brown William P (Group Pres., US and Canada) sold a total of 12,642 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 21 ’25 and was made at $285.63 per share for $3.61 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 30919.0 shares of the MAR stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 21 ’25, Oberg Kathleen K. (EVP & CFO) disposed off 14,498 shares at an average price of $278.07 for $4.03 million. The insider now directly holds 14,282 shares of Marriott International, Inc (MAR).
