Simmons First National Corp (NASDAQ: SFNC) is -3.08% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $17.20 and a high of $25.95 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 SFNC stock was last observed hovering at around $19.71 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.4%.
Currently trading at $20.11, the stock is 1.90% and 4.17% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 9.56 million and changing 2.03% at the moment leaves the stock -5.22% off its SMA200. SFNC registered -9.33% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -11.76%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $19.306 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $21.21845.
The stock witnessed a 8.00% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 12.16%, and is 3.18% 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 3.12% over the week and 2.55% over the month.
Simmons First National Corp (SFNC) has around 2946 employees, a market worth around $2.53B and $1.43B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 15.89 and Fwd P/E is 10.16. Profit margin for the company is 11.19%. Distance from 52-week low is 16.92% and -22.50% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.52%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 19.15% this year
367.0 institutions hold shares in Simmons First National Corp (SFNC), with institutional investors hold 75.82% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 126.00M, and float is at 123.73M with Short Float at 3.17%. Institutions hold 74.71% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 18.16 million shares valued at $319.32 million. The investor’s holdings represent 14.259 of the SFNC Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 14.32 million shares valued at $251.74 million to account for 11.2414 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 7.32 million shares representing 5.7495 and valued at over $128.75 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.8075 of the shares totaling 6.12 million with a market value of $108.89 million.
Simmons First National Corp (SFNC) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by FEHLMAN ROBERT A, the company’s CEO. SEC filings show that FEHLMAN ROBERT A sold 15,270 shares of the company’s common stock on Nov 20 ’24 at a price of $24.02 per share for a total of $0.37 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.16 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 14 ’24, HUNT EUGENE (Director) disposed off 2,232 shares at an average price of $24.58 for $54863.0. The insider now directly holds 30,391 shares of Simmons First National Corp (SFNC).
