Hostess Brands (TWNK) Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hostess Brands in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" TWNK shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in TWNK, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Hostess Brands' stock. Their TWNK share price forecasts range from $23.00 to $31.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $26.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.0% from the stock's current price.
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Hostess Brands' stock was trading at $22.44 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, TWNK stock has increased by 13.9% and is now trading at $25.55.
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Hostess Brands saw a drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,600,000 shares, a drop of 16.3% from the April 30th total of 4,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 868,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.1 days. Currently, 2.8% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 2nd 2023.
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Hostess Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ:TWNK) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 9th. The company reported $0.28 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.01. The business earned $345.40 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $338.44 million. Hostess Brands had a net margin of 12.24% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.52%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.27 EPS.

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Hostess Brands updated its FY23 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 9th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.08 to $1.13 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $1.10. The company issued revenue guidance of +4-6% yr/yr or $1.412 billion to $1.439 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.43 billion.

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Hostess Brands trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "TWNK."

Hostess Brands' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (16.84%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.87%), State Street Corp (3.48%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (3.08%), Snyder Capital Management L P (2.39%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.16%). Insiders that own company stock include Andrew Wilson Jacobs, Hostess Cdm Co-Invest, Llc, Michael Gernigin and Michael John Cramer.
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One share of TWNK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.55.

Hostess Brands (NASDAQ:TWNK) has a market capitalization of $3.39 billion and generates $1.37 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $164.20 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.22 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,800 workers across the globe.

Hostess Brands' mailing address is 1 EAST ARMOUR BOULEVARD, KANSAS CITY MO, 64111. The official website for the company is www.hostessbrands.com. The company can be reached via phone at (816) 701-4600 or via email at katie.turner@icrinc.com.