NYSE:WBTWelbilt Stock Price, Forecast & News

Welbilt's stock was trading at $8.48 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WBT stock has decreased by 33.3% and is now trading at $5.66. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Welbilt in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Welbilt.

Welbilt is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Welbilt.

Welbilt, Inc (NYSE:WBT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 5th. The industrial products company reported $0.01 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.01. The industrial products company had revenue of $328.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $323.10 million. Welbilt had a return on equity of 39.54% and a net margin of 2.80%. The company's revenue was down 12.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.05 earnings per share. View Welbilt's earnings history.

6 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Welbilt's shares. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $20.00. On average, they anticipate Welbilt's stock price to reach $13.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 143.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Welbilt.

Press coverage about WBT stock has trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Welbilt earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Welbilt.

Welbilt saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 6,800,000 shares, a drop of 21.0% from the June 15th total of 8,610,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,230,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days. Currently, 4.8% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Welbilt's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Welbilt investors own include Manitowoc (MTW), Progenics Pharmaceuticals (PGNX), WPX Energy (WPX), Coty (COTY), Carnival (CCL), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Ring Energy (REI), Ring Energy (REI), United Continental (UAL) and American Airlines Group (AAL).

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

Welbilt's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Skyline Asset Management LP (0.71%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.04%). Company insiders that own Welbilt stock include Haresh Shah, Jamie E Palm, Jennifer Gudenkauf, 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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Welbilt.

WBT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Skyline Asset Management LP. Company insiders that have bought Welbilt stock in the last two years include Haresh Shah, Jennifer Gudenkauf, Richard James Sheffer, and William Johnson. View insider buying and selling activity for Welbilt.

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One share of WBT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.66.

Welbilt has a market capitalization of $800.88 million and generates $1.59 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $55.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.68 on an earnings per share basis. Welbilt employs 5,100 workers across the globe.

The official website for Welbilt is 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]