Genco Shipping & Trading - GNK Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Genco Shipping & Trading in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" GNK shares.
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4 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Genco Shipping & Trading's shares. Their GNK share price forecasts range from $20.00 to $31.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $25.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 82.7% from the stock's current price.
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Genco Shipping & Trading's stock was trading at $16.00 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, GNK stock has decreased by 14.5% and is now trading at $13.68.
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Genco Shipping & Trading saw a decrease in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,610,000 shares, a decrease of 13.4% from the August 15th total of 1,860,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,080,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 4.2% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 2nd 2022.
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Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE:GNK) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 3rd. The shipping company reported $1.10 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.02. The shipping company earned $105.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $102.83 million. Genco Shipping & Trading had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 25.97% and a net margin of 38.70%.

Genco Shipping & Trading announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share on Tuesday, August 23rd. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 14.62%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 15th.
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Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK) pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 14.81%. GNK has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 36.10%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GNK will have a dividend payout ratio of 52.77% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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89 employees have rated Genco Shipping & Trading Chief Executive Officer Nick Mackenzie on Glassdoor.com. Nick Mackenzie has an approval rating of 83% among the company's employees.

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Genco Shipping & Trading trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GNK."

Shares of GNK stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GNK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.68.

Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK) has a market capitalization of $578.40 million and generates $547.13 million in revenue each year. The shipping company earns $182.01 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.54 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,027 workers across the globe.

Genco Shipping & Trading's mailing address is 299 Park Avenue 12th Floor, NEW YORK NY, 10171. The official website for the company is www.gencoshipping.com. The shipping company can be reached via phone at (646) 443-8550, via email at finance@gencoshipping.com, or via fax at 646-443-8551.