Victoria's Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO) Given Average Recommendation of "Hold" by Brokerages

Key Points

• Victoria's Secret & Co. has received an average rating of "Hold" from thirteen research firms, with three sell ratings, six hold ratings, and four buy ratings.
• The company's stock is currently priced at $26.24, with a 12-month high of $48.73 and a low of $13.76.
• Victoria's Secret reported $0.33 earnings per share for the last quarter, exceeding analysts' expectations of $0.13, and had a revenue of $1.46 billion.

Shares of Victoria's Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO - Get Free Report) have been assigned an average rating of "Hold" from the thirteen analysts that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $25.4545.

VSCO has been the topic of several recent research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on Victoria's Secret & Co. from $22.00 to $27.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Victoria's Secret & Co. from $14.00 to $17.00 and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a research note on Friday, August 29th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed a "positive" rating on shares of Victoria's Secret & Co. in a research note on Thursday, June 12th. UBS Group lifted their price target on shares of Victoria's Secret & Co. from $21.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Friday, August 29th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on shares of Victoria's Secret & Co. from $16.00 to $18.00 and gave the company a "sell" rating in a research report on Friday, August 29th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Victoria's Secret & Co.

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in Victoria's Secret & Co. by 1,209.6% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 45,651 shares of the company's stock worth $848,000 after buying an additional 42,165 shares during the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Victoria's Secret & Co. by 54.2% during the 1st quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,430,016 shares of the company's stock worth $26,570,000 after acquiring an additional 502,622 shares during the period. Arena Capital Advisors LLC CA purchased a new position in shares of Victoria's Secret & Co. during the 1st quarter worth about $484,000. Tremblant Capital Group boosted its position in shares of Victoria's Secret & Co. by 137.1% in the fourth quarter. Tremblant Capital Group now owns 550,135 shares of the company's stock worth $22,787,000 after acquiring an additional 318,080 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Peregrine Capital Management LLC increased its position in Victoria's Secret & Co. by 30.8% during the first quarter. Peregrine Capital Management LLC now owns 223,581 shares of the company's stock worth $4,154,000 after purchasing an additional 52,618 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.29% of the company's stock.

Victoria's Secret & Co. Price Performance

Shares of VSCO traded up $1.35 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $27.01. 3,499,644 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,220,965. The company has a quick ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.48. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $21.54 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $20.50. Victoria's Secret & Co. has a 52-week low of $13.76 and a 52-week high of $48.73. The company has a market cap of $2.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.01, a PEG ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 2.20.

Victoria's Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 28th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.13 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $1.46 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.40 billion. Victoria's Secret & Co. had a return on equity of 33.77% and a net margin of 2.42%.Victoria's Secret & Co.'s revenue was up 2.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.40 EPS. Victoria's Secret & Co. has set its Q3 2025 guidance at -0.75--0.550 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Victoria's Secret & Co. will post 2.37 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Victoria's Secret & Co. Company Profile

Victoria's Secret & Co operates as a lingerie, clothing and beauty retailer. It offers bras, panties, lingerie, pajamas, sleep, sport and swim apparel, and beauty products. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Reynoldsburg, OH.