Groupon Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NASDAQ:GRPN)

Groupon trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "GRPN."

Groupon announced that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, May 9th 2018, which allows the company to buyback $300,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 11% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 4th. The coupon company reported $0.01 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.01) by $0.02. The coupon company had revenue of $495.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $523.71 million. Groupon had a negative net margin of 2.21% and a positive return on equity of 9.21%. The business's revenue was down 16.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.08 earnings per share. View Groupon's Earnings History.

Groupon is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 11th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Groupon.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Groupon's stock. Their forecasts range from $3.00 to $5.00. On average, they expect Groupon's share price to reach $3.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Groupon.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Groupon in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Groupon.

Media stories about GRPN stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Groupon earned a media sentiment score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the coupon company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Groupon.

Groupon saw a decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 30,580,000 shares, a decrease of 7.7% from the September 30th total of 33,130,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,260,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.8 days. Approximately 6.5% of the company's stock are sold short. View Groupon's Current Options Chain.

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Groupon's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include First Trust Advisors LP (4.03%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.18%), SG Americas Securities LLC (0.17%), State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D (0.12%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.11%) and Gabelli Funds LLC (0.10%). Company insiders that own Groupon stock include Brian Stevens, Eric P Lefkofsky, James Sullivan and Robert J Bass. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Groupon.

GRPN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Americas Securities LLC and Rhumbline Advisers. View Insider Buying and Selling for Groupon.

GRPN stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, California Public Employees Retirement System, Nadler Financial Group Inc., Gabelli Funds LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL and Graybill Bartz & Assoc Ltd.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Groupon.

Shares of GRPN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GRPN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $2.93.

Groupon has a market capitalization of $1.65 billion and generates $2.64 billion in revenue each year. The coupon company earns $-11,070,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.09 on an earnings per share basis. Groupon employs 6,576 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Groupon.

The official website for Groupon is http://www.groupon.com/.

Groupon's mailing address is 600 WEST CHICAGO AVENUE SUITE 400, CHICAGO IL, 60654. The coupon company can be reached via phone at 312-334-1579 or via email at [email protected]