B&G Foods, Inc (NYSE: BGS) is -38.90% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $4.06 and a high of $9.78 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 BGS stock was last observed hovering at around $4.42 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.21%.
Currently trading at $4.21, the stock is -24.55% and -32.87% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.05 million and changing -4.75% at the moment leaves the stock -41.71% off its SMA200. BGS registered -55.92% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -33.07%.
The stock witnessed a -38.18% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -33.07%, and is -2.09% 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 5.00% over the week and 6.19% over the month.
B&G Foods, Inc (BGS) has around 2784 employees, a market worth around $335.95M and $1.88B in sales. Fwd P/E is 6.96. Profit margin for the company is -11.16%. Distance from 52-week low is 3.69% and -56.95% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-8.25%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -19.94% this year.
B&G Foods, Inc (BGS) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 79.80M, and float is at 76.92M with Short Float at 17.97%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 12.27 million shares valued at $99.17 million. The investor’s holdings represent 15.5199% of the BGS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 9.61 million shares valued at $77.65 million to account for 12.1514 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 2.98 million shares representing 3.7628% and valued at over $24.61 million, while DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP holds 2.4258 of the shares totaling 1.92 million with a market value of $15.5 million.
B&G Foods, Inc (BGS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Schoch Martin C., the company’s EVP of Supply Chain. SEC filings show that Schoch Martin C. sold 3,931 shares of the company’s common stock on May 16 ’25 at a price of $4.45 per share for a total of $17504.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 34347.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 15 ’24, Hart Eric H (EVP OF HUMAN RESOURCES & CHRO) acquired 5,000 shares at an average price of $6.25 for $31238.0. The insider now directly holds 88,899 shares of B&G Foods, Inc (BGS).
