BGC Group Inc (NASDAQ: BGC) is 0.00% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $7.24 and a high of $11.79 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 BGC stock was last observed hovering at around $9.17 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.11%.
Currently trading at $9.06, the stock is 6.31% and 0.84% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.94 million and changing -1.20% at the moment leaves the stock -3.49% off its SMA200. BGC registered 9.16% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -1.09%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $8.9848 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $9.38785.
The stock witnessed a -1.20% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -3.31%, and is 3.66% up 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 2.73% over the week and 4.78% over the month.
BGC Group Inc (BGC) has around 4011 employees, a market worth around $4.37B and $2.26B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 35.92 and Fwd P/E is 6.29. Profit margin for the company is 5.34%. Distance from 52-week low is 25.14% and -23.16% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.15%).
with sales reaching $633.02M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 22.73% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 14.51% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 9.40% in year-over-year returns.
418.0 institutions hold shares in BGC Group Inc (BGC), with institutional investors hold 84.34% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 374.30M, and float is at 352.79M with Short Float at 2.88%. Institutions hold 79.88% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 45.45 million shares valued at $377.22 million. The investor’s holdings represent 9.5625 of the BGC Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 41.51 million shares valued at $344.52 million to account for 8.7335 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are RUBRIC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP which holds 19.0 million shares representing 3.9977 and valued at over $157.7 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 3.1382 of the shares totaling 14.91 million with a market value of $123.79 million.
BGC Group Inc (BGC) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Richards David, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Richards David sold 43,893 shares of the company’s common stock on Aug 09 ’24 at a price of $9.02 per share for a total of $0.4 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 14506.0 shares.
BGC Group Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 07 ’24 that Windeatt Sean A (Chief Operating Officer) sold a total of 118,449 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 07 ’24 and was made at $8.75 per share for $1.04 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.64 million shares of the BGC stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 06 ’24, Windeatt Sean A (Chief Operating Officer) disposed off 40,000 shares at an average price of $8.73 for $0.35 million. The insider now directly holds 759,624 shares of BGC Group Inc (BGC).
