nVent Electric plc (NYSE: NVT) is -5.16% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $41.71 and a high of $83.09 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 NVT stock was last observed hovering at around $65.80 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.16%.
Currently trading at $64.64, the stock is -0.39% and 12.51% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.32 million and changing -1.76% at the moment leaves the stock -1.93% off its SMA200. NVT registered -22.12% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -17.14%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $57.2962 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $65.9055.
The stock witnessed a 14.63% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 14.71%, and is -0.90% 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 1.00% over the week and 2.38% over the month.
nVent Electric plc (NVT) has around 12100 employees, a market worth around $10.64B and $3.22B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 18.46 and Fwd P/E is 18.52. Profit margin for the company is 18.22%. Distance from 52-week low is 54.99% and -22.20% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (10.77%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 24.28% this year.
nVent Electric plc (NVT) Top Institutional Holders
825.0 institutions hold shares in nVent Electric plc (NVT), with institutional investors hold 100.63% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 164.64M, and float is at 162.44M with Short Float at 3.99%. Institutions hold 99.42% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 16.73 million shares valued at $1.28 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 10.0705% of the NVT Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 15.2 million shares valued at $1.16 billion to account for 9.151 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 10.57 million shares representing 6.3614% and valued at over $809.49 million, while FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC holds 3.4624 of the shares totaling 5.75 million with a market value of $440.59 million.
nVent Electric plc (NVT) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Heath Lynnette R, the company’s EVP & Chief HR Officer. SEC filings show that Heath Lynnette R sold 4,041 shares of the company’s common stock on May 08 ’25 at a price of $61.35 per share for a total of $0.25 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 32665.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 06 ’25, Faulconer Michael B (Former Officer) Proposed Sale 6,334 shares at an average price of $55.43 for $0.35 million. The insider now directly holds shares of nVent Electric plc (NVT).
