Whirlpool Corp (NYSE: WHR) is -30.09% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $73.72 and a high of $135.49 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 WHR stock was last observed hovering at around $79.87 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.16%.
Currently trading at $80.03, the stock is 2.65% and -6.80% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.11 million and changing 0.20% at the moment leaves the stock -21.59% off its SMA200. WHR registered -15.78% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -24.75%.
The stock witnessed a -6.15% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -21.39%, and is 2.77% 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 2.22% over the week and 3.83% over the month.
Whirlpool Corp (WHR) has around 44000 employees, a market worth around $4.45B and $15.74B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 592.81 and Fwd P/E is 7.51. Profit margin for the company is 0.04%. Distance from 52-week low is 8.56% and -40.93% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (0.07%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -26.26% this year.
Whirlpool Corp (WHR) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 55.00M, and float is at 54.11M with Short Float at 16.56%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 6.13 million shares valued at $626.33 million. The investor’s holdings represent 11.163% of the WHR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 5.48 million shares valued at $559.73 million to account for 9.976 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ which holds 4.86 million shares representing 8.8493% and valued at over $496.51 million, while CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC holds 3.2071 of the shares totaling 1.76 million with a market value of $179.94 million.
Whirlpool Corp (WHR) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Bitzer Marc R, the company’s CHAIRMAN AND CEO. SEC filings show that Bitzer Marc R sold 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 19 ’24 at a price of $110.09 per share for a total of $1.1 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.2 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Oct 28 ’24, Peters James W (EVP, CFO AND ADMIN OFFICER) disposed off 6,000 shares at an average price of $104.48 for $0.63 million. The insider now directly holds 41,570 shares of Whirlpool Corp (WHR).
