NYSE:MTORMeritor Stock Price, Forecast & News

Meritor's stock was trading at $17.16 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MTOR shares have increased by 10.9% and is now trading at $19.03. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Meritor in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Meritor.

Meritor is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Meritor.

Meritor Inc (NYSE:MTOR) released its earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The auto parts company reported $0.74 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.20. The auto parts company had revenue of $871 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $817.33 million. Meritor had a return on equity of 64.86% and a net margin of 10.29%. The company's revenue was down 24.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.03 earnings per share. View Meritor's earnings history.

Meritor issued an update on its third quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $400-500 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $734.9 million.

6 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Meritor's shares. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect Meritor's share price to reach $22.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Meritor.

Media headlines about MTOR stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Meritor earned a media sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the auto parts company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutMeritor.

Meritor saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,630,000 shares, a drop of 7.0% from the April 30th total of 7,130,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,260,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.3 days. Currently, 9.7% of the company's shares are sold short. View Meritor's Current Options Chain.

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

Meritor's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.21%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.55%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.55%), Towle & Co. (1.99%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (1.08%) and Balyasny Asset Management LLC (0.83%). Company insiders that own Meritor stock include Boise April Miller, Carl Douglas Anderson II, Chris Villavarayan, Jeffrey A Craig, Joseph A Plomin, Kevin Nowlan, Paul Bialy, Rodger L Boehm and Timothy J Heffron. View institutional ownership trends for Meritor.

MTOR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank AG, Towle & Co., Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc., Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, and AQR Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Meritor company stock in the last year include Boise April Miller, Carl Douglas Anderson II, Chris Villavarayan, Jeffrey A Craig, and Paul Bialy. View insider buying and selling activity for Meritor.

MTOR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Principal Financial Group Inc., Sandbar Asset Management LLP, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Matarin Capital Management LLC, Legal & General Group Plc, Public Sector Pension Investment Board, and Balyasny Asset Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Meritor.

Shares of MTOR 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 MTOR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.03.

Meritor has a market capitalization of $1.38 billion and generates $4.39 billion in revenue each year. The auto parts company earns $291 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.82 on an earnings per share basis. Meritor employs 9,100 workers across the globe.

The official website for Meritor is www.meritor.com.

Meritor's mailing address is 2135 W MAPLE ROAD, TROY MI, 48084. The auto parts company can be reached via phone at 248-435-1000 or via email at [email protected]