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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 5th. The industrial products company reported $0.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.28 by $0.03. The industrial products company had revenue of $412.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $421.89 million. Welbilt had a return on equity of 95.12% and a net margin of 7.56%. The firm's revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.22 EPS. View Welbilt's Earnings History.

Welbilt is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Welbilt.

Welbilt updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Monday, November, 5th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.73-0.81 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS 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.

10 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Welbilt's stock. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $24.00. On average, they expect Welbilt's share price to reach $21.1429 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 59.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Welbilt.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Welbilt in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Welbilt.

News stories about WBT stock have trended neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Welbilt earned a daily sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely 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 a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Select Equity Group L.P. (9.85%), Brown Advisory Inc. (4.52%), BlackRock Inc. (3.95%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.41%), Earnest Partners LLC (2.30%) and Standard Life Aberdeen plc (1.71%). Company insiders that own Welbilt stock include Brian R Gamache, Joel H Horn, Josef Matosevic, Maurice D Jones and Richard N Caron. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Welbilt.

WBT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Select Equity Group L.P., Eagle Asset Management Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, BlackRock Inc., FIL Ltd, Nordea Investment Management AB and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Brown Advisory Inc., Handelsbanken Fonder AB, FMR LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Alliancebernstein L.P. and Sarasin & Partners LLP. 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 $13.26.

Welbilt has a market capitalization of $1.85 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]