NASDAQ:WW - Weight 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. Since then, WW stock has decreased by 31.6% and is now trading at $15.14. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Weight Watchers International in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 5 hold ratings and 6 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 Thursday, May 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Weight Watchers International.

Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NASDAQ:WW) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 25th. The company reported $0.42 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.38 by $0.04. The company earned $332.58 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $331.39 million. Weight Watchers International had a negative return on equity of 15.96% and a net margin of 8.46%. 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.

12 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Weight Watchers International's shares. Their forecasts range from $18.00 to $56.00. On average, they expect Weight Watchers International's share price to reach $32.45 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 114.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Weight Watchers International.

Media stories about WW stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog 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 coverage optimism score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines 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 future. View the latest news aboutWeight Watchers International.

Weight Watchers International saw a drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 3,285,700 shares, a drop of 11.9% from the February 27th total of 3,730,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,667,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.0 days. Currently, 5.4% of the company's stock 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."

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One share of WW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $15.14.

Weight Watchers International has a market capitalization of $1.02 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. View additional information about Weight Watchers International.

The official website for Weight Watchers International is http://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]