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) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The company reported ($0.04) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 net margin of 8.57% and a negative return on equity of 17.70%. The business's revenue was up 10.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned ($0.16) earnings per share. View Weight Watchers International's earnings history.

Weight Watchers International updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.15 to $2.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.15.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices 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 16.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Weight Watchers International.

News coverage about WW stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring 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 five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Weight Watchers International earned a daily sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutWeight Watchers International.

Weight Watchers International saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 shares of the company are short sold. 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 shareholders 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 acquired 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]