Encore Wire - WIRE Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Encore Wire in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" WIRE shares.
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1 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Encore Wire's shares. Their WIRE share price forecasts range from $190.00 to $190.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $190.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 44.7% from the stock's current price.
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Encore Wire's stock was trading at $143.10 at the beginning of the year. Since then, WIRE stock has decreased by 8.2% and is now trading at $131.34.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 25th 2022.
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Encore Wire Co. (NASDAQ:WIRE) issued its earnings results on Monday, July, 25th. The electronics maker reported $10.71 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $5.14 by $5.57. The electronics maker had revenue of $838.20 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $727.08 million. Encore Wire had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 49.46% and a net margin of 23.24%. Encore Wire's revenue for the quarter was up 12.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $8.82 earnings per share.

Encore Wire announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.02 per share on Friday, October 21st. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.06%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 6th.
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Encore Wire (NASDAQ:WIRE) pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.06%. The dividend payout ratio is 0.23%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WIRE will have a dividend payout ratio of 0.56% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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24 employees have rated Encore Wire Chief Executive Officer Daniel L. Jones on Glassdoor.com. Daniel L. Jones has an approval rating of 59% among the company's employees. This puts Daniel L. Jones in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Encore Wire investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), Altria Group (MO), AT&T (T), Weyerhaeuser (WY), AbbVie (ABBV), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Commercial Metals (CMC), Ecolab (ECL), Eastman Chemical (EMN) and General Electric (GE).

Encore Wire trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WIRE."

Encore Wire's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.93%), Royce & Associates LP (1.92%), Northern Trust Corp (1.54%), Hodges Capital Management Inc. (1.00%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.72%) and Comerica Bank (0.52%). Insiders that own company stock include Frank J Bilban and Matthew D Ford.
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One share of WIRE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $131.34.

Encore Wire (NASDAQ:WIRE) has a market capitalization of $2.51 billion and generates $2.59 billion in revenue each year. The electronics maker earns $541.42 million in net income (profit) each year or $34.09 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,440 workers across the globe.

Encore Wire was founded in 1989.

Encore Wire's mailing address is 1329 MILLWOOD RD, MCKINNEY TX, 75069. The official website for the company is www.encorewire.com. The electronics maker can be reached via phone at (972) 562-9473 or via fax at 972-562-3644.