NYSE:WBT - Welbilt Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Welbilt, Inc (NYSE:WBT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 5th. The industrial products company reported $0.25 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.03. The industrial products company earned $412.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $421.89 million. Welbilt had a net margin of 7.56% and a return on equity of 88.66%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.22 EPS. View Welbilt's Earnings History.

Welbilt is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Welbilt.

Welbilt will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 19th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8448858560.

Welbilt issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, November, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.73-0.81 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.88. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.56-1.59 billion (+8-10%), compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.60 billion.Welbilt also updated its FY 2018 guidance to $0.73-0.81 EPS.

11 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Welbilt's stock. Their predictions range from $16.00 to $24.00. On average, they anticipate Welbilt's stock price to reach $20.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 54.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Welbilt.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Welbilt in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Welbilt.

Press coverage about WBT stock has been trending very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news 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. Welbilt earned a news impact score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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Welbilt's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Dudley & Shanley Inc. (1.78%), Skyline Asset Management LP (0.39%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.13%), Landsberg Bennett & Dubbaneh LLC (0.03%), Diversified Trust Co (0.02%) and Fox Run Management L.L.C. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Welbilt stock include Brian R Gamache, Haresh Shah, Joel H Horn, Josef Matosevic, Richard James Sheffer, Richard N Caron and William Johnson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Welbilt.

WBT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS. Company insiders that have sold Welbilt company stock in the last year include Joel H Horn, Josef Matosevic and Richard N Caron. View Insider Buying and Selling for Welbilt.

WBT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dudley & Shanley Inc., Skyline Asset Management LP, Landsberg Bennett & Dubbaneh LLC, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Virtu Financial LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Diversified Trust Co. Company insiders that have bought Welbilt stock in the last two years include Brian R Gamache, Haresh Shah, Richard James Sheffer and William Johnson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Welbilt.

Shares of WBT 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WBT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.28.

Welbilt has a market capitalization of $1.86 billion and generates $1.45 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $134 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.77 on an earnings per share basis. Welbilt employs 5,400 workers across the globe.

The official website for Welbilt is http://www.manitowocfoodservice.com.

Welbilt's mailing address is 2227 WELBILT BOULEVARD, NEW PORT RICHEY FL, 34655. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 727-375-7010 or via email at [email protected]