Marriott International, Inc (NASDAQ: MAR) is -2.50% 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 $257.97 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 13.99%.
Currently trading at $271.96, the stock is 13.87% and 12.85% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.55 million and changing 5.42% at the moment leaves the stock 5.68% off its SMA200. MAR registered 15.56% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -1.56%.
The stock witnessed a 22.00% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -10.67%, and is 9.99% 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 2.52% over the week and 2.64% over the month.
Marriott International, Inc (MAR) has around 418000 employees, a market worth around $74.49B and $25.39B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 30.98 and Fwd P/E is 23.84. Profit margin for the company is 9.75%. Distance from 52-week low is 32.96% and -11.56% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (21.12%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 8.12% this year.
Marriott International, Inc (MAR) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 275.00M, and float is at 239.45M with Short Float at 2.22%.
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 7.1383% 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
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Marriott International, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 24 ’25 that SCHWAB SUSAN C (Director) sold a total of 1,054 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 24 ’25 and was made at $277.48 per share for $0.29 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 4551.0 shares of the MAR stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 21 ’25, Brown William P (Group Pres., US and Canada) disposed off 12,642 shares at an average price of $285.63 for $3.61 million. The insider now directly holds 30,919 shares of Marriott International, Inc (MAR).
