NYSE:MTORMeritor Stock Price, Forecast & News

Meritor's stock was trading at $17.16 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MTOR stock has increased by 27.8% and is now trading at $21.93. 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The auto parts company reported $0.74 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.54 by $0.20. The auto parts company earned $871 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $817.33 million. Meritor had a net margin of 10.29% and a return on equity of 64.86%. The business's revenue was down 24.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.03 earnings per share. View Meritor's earnings history.

Meritor updated its third quarter 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $400-500 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $449.33 million.

6 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Meritor's stock. Their forecasts range from $20.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect Meritor's share price to reach $22.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.4% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Meritor.

Press coverage about MTOR stock has been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Meritor earned a coverage optimism score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the auto parts company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutMeritor.

Meritor saw a drop in short interest in 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 trading volume, of 1,260,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.3 days. Approximately 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, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank AG, Towle & Co., Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc., Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, and Nuveen Asset 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 acquired 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 $21.93.

Meritor has a market capitalization of $1.58 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]