NASDAQ:WSCWillScot Stock Price, Forecast & News

WillScot's stock was trading at $11.73 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WSC stock has increased by 10.1% and is now trading at $12.92. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for WillScot in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for WillScot.

WillScot is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for WillScot.

WillScot Corp (NASDAQ:WSC) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March, 2nd. The company reported $0.15 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.12 by $0.03. The company earned $278.05 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $268.09 million. WillScot had a positive return on equity of 4.36% and a negative net margin of 0.41%. View WillScot's earnings history.

WillScot updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Friday, May, 1st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1-1.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.06 billion.

3 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for WillScot's shares. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $19.00. On average, they expect WillScot's share price to reach $16.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for WillScot.

News stories about WSC stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing 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. WillScot earned a daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutWillScot.

WillScot saw a increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,750,000 shares, an increase of 21.1% from the April 30th total of 6,400,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,090,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.1 days. Currently, 13.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. View WillScot's Current Options Chain.

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WillScot trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WSC."

WillScot's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (6.58%), BlackRock Inc. (3.17%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (3.17%), TimesSquare Capital Management LLC (1.61%), Chescapmanager LLC (1.61%) and Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (1.48%). Company insiders that own WillScot stock include Bradley Lee Soultz, Jeffrey Sagansky, Mark S Bartlett and Rebecca L Owen. View institutional ownership trends for WillScot.

WSC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Two Sigma Investments LP, Morgan Stanley, Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Coastal Bridge Advisors LLC, Tygh Capital Management Inc., and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for WillScot.

WSC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park West Asset Management LLC, Driehaus Capital Management LLC, Wolverine Asset Management LLC, Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Garnet Equity Capital Holdings Inc., Majedie Asset Management Ltd, and Zazove Associates LLC. Company insiders that have bought WillScot stock in the last two years include Bradley Lee Soultz, Mark S Bartlett, and Rebecca L Owen. View insider buying and selling activity for WillScot.

Shares of WSC 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 WSC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.92.

WillScot has a market capitalization of $1.53 billion and generates $1.06 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $-11,120,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.23 on an earnings per share basis. WillScot employs 2,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for WillScot is www.willscot.com.

WillScot's mailing address is 901 S. BOND STREET SUITE 600, BALTIMORE MD, 21231. The company can be reached via phone at 410-931-6000 or via email at [email protected]