NASDAQ:WWWeight Watchers International Stock Price, Forecast & News

Weight Watchers International's stock was trading at $22.14 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WW shares have increased by 16.1% and is now trading at $25.70. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Weight Watchers International in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Weight Watchers International.

Weight Watchers International is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Weight Watchers International.

Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NASDAQ:WW) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The company reported ($0.04) EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.23) by $0.19. The company earned $400.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $402.72 million. Weight Watchers International had a negative return on equity of 17.70% and a net margin of 8.57%. The company's revenue was up 10.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted ($0.16) earnings per share. View Weight Watchers International's earnings history.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Weight Watchers International's stock. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $43.00. On average, they expect Weight Watchers International's stock price to reach $29.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Weight Watchers International.

News stories about WW stock have been trending somewhat negative on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Weight Watchers International earned a media sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutWeight Watchers International.

Weight Watchers International saw a increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,350,000 shares, an increase of 29.9% from the April 30th total of 3,350,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,990,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 7.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View Weight Watchers International's Current Options Chain.

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Weight Watchers International trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WW."

Weight Watchers International's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include New South Capital Management Inc. (1.37%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.15%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.76%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.44%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.24%) and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.19%). Company insiders that own Weight Watchers International stock include Corinne Pollier-Bousquet, Denis F Kelly, Michael F Colosi, Mindy F Grossman, Nicholas P Hotchkin, Philippe Amouyal, SA Westend and Thilo Semmelbauer. View institutional ownership trends for Weight Watchers International.

WW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including New York State Common Retirement Fund, Geode Capital Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Arizona State Retirement System, Eidelman Virant Capital, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, and American International Group Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Weight Watchers International.

WW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including New South Capital Management Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., SG Americas Securities LLC, Hillsdale Investment Management Inc., Dupont Capital Management Corp, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Rhumbline Advisers, and BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA. Company insiders that have bought Weight Watchers International stock in the last two years include Denis F Kelly, and Mindy F Grossman. View insider buying and selling activity for Weight Watchers International.

Shares of WW 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 WW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.70.

Weight Watchers International has a market capitalization of $1.74 billion and generates $1.41 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $119.62 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.79 on an earnings per share basis. Weight Watchers International employs 17,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Weight Watchers International is corporate.ww.com.

Weight Watchers International's mailing address is 675 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY, 10010. The company can be reached via phone at 212-589-2700 or via email at [email protected]