GMS Inc (NYSE: GMS) is 35.29% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $65.77 and a high of $109.27 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 GMS stock was last observed hovering at around $108.76 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 720451.24%.
Currently trading at $720560.0, the stock is 22.85% and 35.88% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.12 million and changing 0.28% at the moment leaves the stock 29.16% off its SMA200. GMS registered 28.56% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 28.55%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $80.263 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $84.43835.
The stock witnessed a 47.88% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 47.90%, and is 10.38% 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 1.14% over the week and 2.62% over the month.
GMS Inc (GMS) has around 7113 employees, a market worth around $4.15B and $5.51B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 37.73 and Fwd P/E is 14.76. Profit margin for the company is 2.09%. Distance from 52-week low is 65.82% and -0.19% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.97%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 1.01% this year
378.0 institutions hold shares in GMS Inc (GMS), with institutional investors hold 109.49% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 38.16M, and float is at 37.78M with Short Float at 4.90%. Institutions hold 108.72% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 6.71 million shares valued at $541.25 million. The investor’s holdings represent 16.9805 of the GMS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 5.37 million shares valued at $433.27 million to account for 13.5929 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 3.38 million shares representing 8.5407 and valued at over $272.23 million, while DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP holds 5.9824 of the shares totaling 2.37 million with a market value of $190.69 million.
GMS Inc (GMS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Hendren George T, the company’s SVP, Chief Operating Officer. SEC filings show that Hendren George T sold 5,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 30 ’25 at a price of $108.23 per share for a total of $0.54 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 23950.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 07 ’25, Turner John C JR (President and CEO) acquired 3,650 shares at an average price of $70.00 for $0.26 million. The insider now directly holds 66,928 shares of GMS Inc (GMS).
