NASDAQ:WWWeight Watchers International Stock Price, Forecast & News

Weight Watchers International's stock was trading at $22.14 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, WW stock has increased by 14.0% and is now trading at $25.23. 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) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The company reported ($0.04) EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.23) by $0.19. The business had revenue of $400.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $402.72 million. Weight Watchers International had a negative return on equity of 17.70% and a net margin of 8.57%. Weight Watchers International's revenue for the quarter was up 10.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.16) earnings per share. View Weight Watchers International's earnings history.

Weight Watchers International issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.15 to $2.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.15.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Weight Watchers International's shares. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $43.00. On average, they anticipate Weight Watchers International's stock price to reach $29.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Weight Watchers International.

Headlines about WW stock have trended extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Weight Watchers International earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near 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 daily trading volume, of 1,990,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 7.1% of the company's stock 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 a number of institutional and retail 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.. Company insiders that have sold Weight Watchers International company stock in the last year include Corinne Pollier-Bousquet, and Michael F Colosi. View insider buying and selling activity for Weight Watchers International.

WW stock was bought 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 $25.23.

Weight Watchers International has a market capitalization of $1.70 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]