NYSE:VAC - Marriott Vacations Worldwide Stock Price, Forecast & News

Marriott Vacations Worldwide trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VAC."

Marriott Vacations Worldwide declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 11th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 23rd will be given a dividend of $0.54 per share on Monday, January 6th. This represents a $2.16 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.67%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 20th. This is a boost from Marriott Vacations Worldwide's previous quarterly dividend of $0.45. View Marriott Vacations Worldwide's Dividend History.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp (NYSE:VAC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The company reported $1.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.04 by $0.07. The firm earned $1.14 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.12 billion. Marriott Vacations Worldwide had a net margin of 2.50% and a return on equity of 9.51%. Marriott Vacations Worldwide's revenue for the quarter was up 51.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.42 earnings per share. View Marriott Vacations Worldwide's Earnings History.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Marriott Vacations Worldwide.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Monday, November, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.67-8.16 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $7.87.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Marriott Vacations Worldwide's shares. Their forecasts range from $117.00 to $155.00. On average, they anticipate Marriott Vacations Worldwide's share price to reach $131.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Marriott Vacations Worldwide.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Marriott Vacations Worldwide in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Marriott Vacations Worldwide.

Press coverage about VAC stock has been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Marriott Vacations Worldwide earned a news sentiment score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Marriott Vacations Worldwide.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,970,000 shares, a decrease of 15.1% from the December 15th total of 2,320,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 280,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.0 days. Approximately 5.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Marriott Vacations Worldwide's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Marriott Vacations Worldwide include Marriott International (MAR), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Carnival (CCL), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Hyatt Hotels (H), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Marcus (MCS) and Red Lion Hotels (RLH).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Marriott Vacations Worldwide investors own include Marriott International (MAR), MGM Resorts International (MGM), Netflix (NFLX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Paypal (PYPL), Alibaba Group (BABA), Walt Disney (DIS), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

Marriott Vacations Worldwide's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (1.14%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.03%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.02%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%), Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC (0.02%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Marriott Vacations Worldwide stock include Brian E Miller, Charles Elliott Andrews, Dwight D Smith, James H Iv Hunter, John E Geller Jr, John E Geller, Jr, Laurie A Sullivan, Michael E Yonker, Ovidio Elias Vitas, R Lee Cunningham, Stephen P Weisz and Thomas J Hutchison III. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Marriott Vacations Worldwide.

VAC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IFP Advisors Inc, Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Marriott Vacations Worldwide company stock in the last year include Brian E Miller, Dwight D Smith, James H Iv Hunter, John E Geller, Jr, Laurie A Sullivan, Michael E Yonker, Ovidio Elias Vitas, R Lee Cunningham and Thomas J Hutchison III. View Insider Buying and Selling for Marriott Vacations Worldwide.

VAC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Calamos Advisors LLC, AE Wealth Management LLC, First Hawaiian Bank and Allworth Financial LP. Company insiders that have bought Marriott Vacations Worldwide stock in the last two years include Charles Elliott Andrews, John E Geller Jr and Stephen P Weisz. View Insider Buying and Selling for Marriott Vacations Worldwide.

Shares of VAC 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 VAC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $129.25.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a market capitalization of $5.43 billion and generates $2.97 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $55 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.88 on an earnings per share basis. Marriott Vacations Worldwide employs 23,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Marriott Vacations Worldwide.

The official website for Marriott Vacations Worldwide is http://www.marriottvacationsworldwide.com/.

Marriott Vacations Worldwide's mailing address is 6649 WESTWOOD BLVD., ORLANDO FL, 32821. The company can be reached via phone at 407-206-6000 or via email at [email protected]