Genworth Financial Inc (NYSE: GNW) is 0.86% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $5.87 and a high of $7.90 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 GNW stock was last observed hovering at around $7.02 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.03%.
Currently trading at $7.05, the stock is 0.70% and 2.45% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 8.62 million and changing 0.43% at the moment leaves the stock 1.16% off its SMA200. GNW registered 13.16% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -9.85%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $6.8816 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $6.969.
The stock witnessed a 2.77% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 1.44%, and is 4.60% 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 1.86% over the week and 1.90% over the month.
Genworth Financial Inc (GNW) has around 2960 employees, a market worth around $2.92B and $7.02B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.31 and Fwd P/E is 13.56. Profit margin for the company is 3.05%. Distance from 52-week low is 20.10% and -10.76% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (2.09%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -25.81% this year.
Genworth Financial Inc (GNW) Top Institutional Holders
459.0 institutions hold shares in Genworth Financial Inc (GNW), with institutional investors hold 91.47% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 415.88M, and float is at 405.29M with Short Float at 2.55%. Institutions hold 89.71% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 62.92 million shares valued at $380.05 million. The investor’s holdings represent 14.4184% of the GNW Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 50.28 million shares valued at $303.7 million to account for 11.5219 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 30.49 million shares representing 6.9878% and valued at over $184.19 million, while DONALD SMITH & CO., INC. holds 5.5256 of the shares totaling 24.11 million with a market value of $145.65 million.
Genworth Financial Inc (GNW) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by McInerney Thomas J, the company’s President and CEO; Director. SEC filings show that McInerney Thomas J sold 150,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Aug 26 ’24 at a price of $6.88 per share for a total of $1.03 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 4.53 million shares.
