Welbilt Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Welbilt in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Welbilt stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in WBT, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Welbilt saw a drop in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,000,000 shares, a drop of 19.2% from the March 31st total of 6,190,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,100,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.6 days. Currently, 3.6% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Welbilt is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 3rd 2021.
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Welbilt, Inc (NYSE:WBT) posted its earnings results on Thursday, May, 6th. The industrial products company reported $0.08 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.03 by $0.05. The industrial products company had revenue of $316.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $287.77 million. Welbilt had a net margin of 0.45% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.76%. Welbilt's revenue was down 3.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.01 earnings per share.
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Welbilt's stock was trading at $8.48 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WBT stock has increased by 163.9% and is now trading at $22.38.
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Welbilt updated its first quarter 2021 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $276.276-292.721 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $275.37 million.

5 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Welbilt's shares. Their forecasts range from $8.00 to $20.00. On average, they expect Welbilt's share price to reach $16.67 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 25.5%.
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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 Alliancebernstein L.P. (5.43%), Ninety One UK Ltd (3.09%), Sarasin & Partners LLP (1.71%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.61%), Natixis Advisors L.P. (0.29%) and Edgestream Partners L.P. (0.28%). Company insiders that own Welbilt stock include Jennifer Gudenkauf and William Johnson.
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WBT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sarasin & Partners LLP, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Rhumbline Advisers, Ninety One UK Ltd, Los Angeles Capital Management LLC, Comerica Bank, Franklin Parlapiano Turner & Welch LLC, and Natixis Advisors L.P..
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WBT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Edgestream Partners L.P., Roubaix Capital LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Diligent Investors LLC, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, and Arlington Partners LLC. Company insiders that have bought Welbilt stock in the last two years include Jennifer Gudenkauf, and William Johnson.
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One share of WBT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $22.38.

Welbilt has a market capitalization of $3.17 billion 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 is headquartered at 2227 WELBILT BOULEVARD, NEW PORT RICHEY FL, 34655.

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]