NYSE:WBTWelbilt Stock Price, Forecast & News

Welbilt's stock was trading at $8.48 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WBT stock has decreased by 28.3% and is now trading at $6.08. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Welbilt in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 3 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 5th. The industrial products company reported $0.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.01. The industrial products company earned $328.90 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $323.10 million. Welbilt had a return on equity of 39.54% and a net margin of 2.80%. The firm's revenue was down 12.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.05 earnings per share. View Welbilt's earnings history.

Welbilt updated its first quarter 2020 IntraDay earnings guidance on Monday, April, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $322.758-326.511 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $332.38 million.

5 brokers have issued twelve-month price objectives for Welbilt's shares. Their forecasts range from $6.50 to $20.00. On average, they anticipate Welbilt's stock price to reach $13.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 122.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Welbilt.

News articles about WBT stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Welbilt earned a news sentiment score of -3.4 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 media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutWelbilt.

Welbilt saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 11,230,000 shares, an increase of 22.2% from the April 30th total of 9,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,590,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.3 days. Currently, 8.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View Welbilt's Current Options Chain.

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

Welbilt's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Impax Asset Management Group plc (7.84%), BlackRock Inc. (6.26%), Champlain Investment Partners LLC (5.59%), Invesco Ltd. (3.60%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.34%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (2.53%). 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 Nuveen Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Impax Asset Management Group plc, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Atlanta Capital Management Co. L L C, and Oak Ridge Investments LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Welbilt.

WBT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Invesco Ltd., Federated Hermes Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Two Sigma Investments LP, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Eaton Vance Management, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. 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.

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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of WBT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.08.

Welbilt has a market capitalization of $860.32 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]