NASDAQ:YRCW - YRC Worldwide Stock Price, News & Analysis

YRC Worldwide trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "YRCW."

YRC Worldwide Inc (NASDAQ:YRCW) issued its earnings results on Friday, August, 9th. The transportation company reported ($0.71) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.95. The transportation company earned $1.27 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.29 billion. YRC Worldwide had a negative return on equity of 1.93% and a negative net margin of 0.96%. YRC Worldwide's quarterly revenue was down 4.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.43 EPS. View YRC Worldwide's Earnings History.

YRC Worldwide is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for YRC Worldwide.

5 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for YRC Worldwide's shares. Their forecasts range from $5.00 to $11.00. On average, they expect YRC Worldwide's share price to reach $7.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 68.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for YRC Worldwide.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for YRC Worldwide in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for YRC Worldwide.

Media coverage about YRCW stock has trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news 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. YRC Worldwide earned a media sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the transportation company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for YRC Worldwide.

YRC Worldwide saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,944,500 shares, an increase of 37.8% from the July 31st total of 4,314,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 880,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.8 days. Approximately 18.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View YRC Worldwide's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to YRC Worldwide include Universal Logistics (ULH), Covenant Transportation Group (CVTI), P.A.M. Transportation Services (PTSI), US Xpress Enterprises (USX), USA Truck (USAK) and Celadon Group (CGIP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other YRC Worldwide investors own include ArcBest (ARCB), GoPro (GPRO), Western Digital (WDC), Bank of America (BAC), Opko Health (OPK), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Plug Power (PLUG), Genesee & Wyoming (GWR) and J C Penney (JCP).

YRC Worldwide's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Russell Investments Group Ltd. (10.25%), Front Street Capital Management Inc. (9.65%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (7.06%), BlackRock Inc. (6.81%), Boston Partners (5.11%) and Vanguard Group Inc. (4.98%). Company insiders that own YRC Worldwide stock include James L Welch, Justin M Hall, Loren Robert Stone, Raymond J Bromark, Scott D Ware and William Robert Davidson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for YRC Worldwide.

YRCW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd., Alambic Investment Management L.P., Man Group plc, Vanguard Group Inc., D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for YRC Worldwide.

YRCW stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Front Street Capital Management Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Boston Partners, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bogle Investment Management L P DE, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. and SG Americas Securities LLC. Company insiders that have bought YRC Worldwide stock in the last two years include Justin M Hall and Loren Robert Stone. View Insider Buying and Selling for YRC Worldwide.

Shares of YRCW 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 YRCW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $4.60.

YRC Worldwide has a market capitalization of $166.89 million and generates $5.09 billion in revenue each year. The transportation company earns $20.20 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.45 on an earnings per share basis. YRC Worldwide employs 31,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About YRC Worldwide.

The official website for YRC Worldwide is http://www.yrcw.com/.

YRC Worldwide's mailing address is 10990 ROE AVENUE, OVERLAND PARK KS, 66211. The transportation company can be reached via phone at 913-696-6100 or via email at [email protected]