Simply Good Foods Co (NASDAQ: SMPL) is -5.95% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $30.47 and a high of $40.53 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 SMPL stock was last observed hovering at around $32.61 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.26%.
Currently trading at $32.87, the stock is 1.12% and -1.67% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.15 million and changing 0.80% at the moment leaves the stock -7.72% off its SMA200. SMPL registered -15.67% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -11.54%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $33.4272 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $35.618675.
The stock witnessed a 0.46% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -9.17%, and is -1.47% 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 2.47% over the week and 3.12% over the month.
Simply Good Foods Co (SMPL) has around 316 employees, a market worth around $3.30B and $1.46B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 22.99 and Fwd P/E is 16.26. Profit margin for the company is 9.97%. Distance from 52-week low is 7.89% and -18.89% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (6.78%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 6.33% this year
394.0 institutions hold shares in Simply Good Foods Co (SMPL), with institutional investors hold 106.85% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 100.53M, and float is at 92.03M with Short Float at 4.59%. Institutions hold 97.91% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 13.82 million shares valued at $499.34 million. The investor’s holdings represent 13.8172 of the SMPL Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 11.28 million shares valued at $407.41 million to account for 11.2734 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 4.27 million shares representing 4.2727 and valued at over $154.41 million, while CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS holds 4.2673 of the shares totaling 4.27 million with a market value of $154.22 million.
Simply Good Foods Co (SMPL) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Tanner Geoff E, the company’s President and CEO. SEC filings show that Tanner Geoff E bought 6,050 shares of the company’s common stock on Jul 23 ’25 at a price of $33.11 per share for a total of $0.2 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 98190.0 shares.
Simply Good Foods Co disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Apr 11 ’25 that Heflin Stuart E. Jr. (SVP & General Manager, Quest) sold a total of 5,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Apr 11 ’25 and was made at $37.25 per share for $0.19 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 12839.0 shares of the SMPL stock.
