Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp (NYSE: ZWS) is 20.67% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $27.74 and a high of $41.15 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 ZWS stock was last observed hovering at around $37.44 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.39%.
Currently trading at $37.83, the stock is 1.61% and 3.17% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.16 million and changing 1.04% at the moment leaves the stock 4.17% off its SMA200. ZWS registered 1.42% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -2.73%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $36.6678 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $36.31405.
The stock witnessed a 4.16% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 15.87%, and is 1.34% 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 1.96% over the week and 1.93% over the month.
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp (ZWS) has around 2500 employees, a market worth around $6.36B and $1.58B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 38.68 and Fwd P/E is 25.73. Profit margin for the company is 10.72%. Distance from 52-week low is 36.37% and -8.07% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.11%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 4.98% this year
475.0 institutions hold shares in Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp (ZWS), with institutional investors hold 107.20% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 168.52M, and float is at 148.79M with Short Float at 3.24%. Institutions hold 94.57% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 13.88 million shares valued at $408.09 million. The investor’s holdings represent 8.0409 of the ZWS Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 13.44 million shares valued at $395.21 million to account for 7.787 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC which holds 13.14 million shares representing 7.6112 and valued at over $386.29 million, while IMPAX ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP PLC holds 4.8978 of the shares totaling 8.45 million with a market value of $248.02 million.
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp (ZWS) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by PETERSON MARK W, the company’s Chief Administrative Officer. SEC filings show that PETERSON MARK W sold 7,000 shares of the company’s common stock on May 13 ’25 at a price of $37.31 per share for a total of $0.26 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.38 million shares.
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 12 ’25 that Chhabra Sudhanshu (VP-Zurn Business Systems) sold a total of 25,921 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 12 ’25 and was made at $37.19 per share for $0.96 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 94132.0 shares of the ZWS stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 14 ’25, Pauli David J (Chief Financial Officer) disposed off 2,706 shares at an average price of $37.11 for $0.1 million. The insider now directly holds 60,772 shares of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp (ZWS).
