National Vision Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: EYE) is 80.04% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $9.56 and a high of $17.26 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The EYE stock was last observed hovering at around $17.17 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 1.59%.
Currently trading at $18.76, the stock is 42.64% and 48.83% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.92 million and changing 9.26% at the moment leaves the stock 62.80% off its SMA200. EYE registered 25.91% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 57.78%.
The stock witnessed a 63.13% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 60.07%, and is 41.58% 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 5.63% over the week and 4.83% over the month.
National Vision Holdings Inc (EYE) has around 13411 employees, a market worth around $1.48B and $1.85B in sales. Fwd P/E is 24.64. Profit margin for the company is -1.40%. Distance from 52-week low is 96.23% and 8.69% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-1.81%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 22.12% this year.
National Vision Holdings Inc (EYE) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 79.05M, and float is at 77.23M with Short Float at 9.70%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 13.9 million shares valued at $182.0 million. The investor’s holdings represent 17.6951% of the EYE Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 9.23 million shares valued at $120.85 million to account for 11.7497 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC which holds 6.4 million shares representing 8.1392% and valued at over $83.72 million, while CLEARBRIDGE INVESTMENTS, LLC holds 5.6284 of the shares totaling 4.42 million with a market value of $57.89 million.
National Vision Holdings Inc (EYE) Insider Activity
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National Vision Holdings Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 01 ’25 that VanDette Joseph (SVP, Chief Marketing Officer) sold a total of 1,179 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 01 ’25 and was made at $12.71 per share for $14985.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 10444.0 shares of the EYE stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 23 ’24, Moore Patrick R. (Special Advisor) disposed off 17,661 shares at an average price of $10.52 for $0.19 million. The insider now directly holds 66,881 shares of National Vision Holdings Inc (EYE).
