NASDAQ:WW - Weight Watchers International Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Weight Watchers International, Inc. (NASDAQ:WW) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 5th. The company reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.66 by $0.02. The firm earned $348.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $352.72 million. Weight Watchers International had a net margin of 9.50% and a negative return on equity of 17.17%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.00 EPS. View Weight Watchers International's Earnings History.

Weight Watchers International is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Weight Watchers International.

Weight Watchers International issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 5th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $1.63-1.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $1.70. The company issued revenue guidance of at least $1.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.42 billion.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Weight Watchers International's shares. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect Weight Watchers International's share price to reach $35.80 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Weight Watchers International.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Weight Watchers International in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Weight Watchers International.

Headlines about WW stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring 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 news impact score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Weight Watchers International.

Weight Watchers International saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,810,000 shares, an increase of 39.8% from the December 15th total of 4,870,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,950,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.5 days. Approximately 11.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Weight Watchers International's Current Options Chain.

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Weight Watchers International's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.29%), Eidelman Virant Capital (0.06%) and Sciencast Management LP (0.02%). Company insiders that own Weight Watchers International stock include Corinne Pollier-Bousquet, Denis F Kelly, Michael F Colosi, Mindy F Grossman, Nicholas P Hotchkin, Oprah Winfrey, 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 Eidelman Virant Capital. 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 for Weight Watchers International.

WW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Sciencast Management LP. 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 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 $36.88.

Weight Watchers International has a market capitalization of $2.48 billion and generates $1.51 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $223.75 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.19 on an earnings per share basis. Weight Watchers International employs 18,000 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]