NYSE:GNC - GNC Stock Price, Forecast & News

GNC trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GNC."

GNC Holdings Inc (NYSE:GNC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The specialty retailer reported ($0.02) EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.02 by $0.04. The specialty retailer earned $499.10 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $510.05 million. GNC had a negative return on equity of 18.62% and a net margin of 2.67%. The business's revenue was down 14.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.02 EPS. View GNC's Earnings History.

GNC is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 3rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for GNC.

2 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for GNC's stock. Their forecasts range from $1.50 to $1.50. On average, they expect GNC's share price to reach $1.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 47.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for GNC.

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

Press coverage about GNC stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm scores the sentiment of press 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 closest to five being the most favorable. GNC earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the specialty retailer 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 News Stories for GNC.

GNC saw a decrease in short interest in November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 22,190,000 shares, a decrease of 6.5% from the November 14th total of 23,730,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,370,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 16.2 days. Approximately 29.1% of the company's shares are sold short. View GNC's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other GNC investors own include Bank of America (BAC), Ford Motor (F), General Electric (GE), FireEye (FEYE), Intel (INTC), Netflix (NFLX), Macy's (M), AT&T (T), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) and Vitamin Shoppe (VSI).

GNC's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Shah Capital Management (3.20%), State Street Corp (1.78%), SG Americas Securities LLC (0.39%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (0.28%), Rhumbline Advisers (0.16%) and CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.07%). Company insiders that own GNC stock include Cameron William Lawrence, Steven Piano and Susan M Canning. View Institutional Ownership Trends for GNC.

GNC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Shah Capital Management and State Street Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for GNC.

GNC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Americas Securities LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, Virtu Financial LLC, Rhumbline Advisers and FNY Investment Advisers LLC. Company insiders that have bought GNC stock in the last two years include Cameron William Lawrence, Steven Piano and Susan M Canning. View Insider Buying and Selling for GNC.

Shares of GNC 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 GNC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $2.83.

GNC has a market capitalization of $239.32 million and generates $2.35 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $69.78 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.34 on an earnings per share basis. GNC employs 15,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About GNC.

The official website for GNC is http://www.gnc.com/.

GNC's mailing address is 300 SIXTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH PA, 15222. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at 412-288-4600 or via email at [email protected]