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 (WHO). Since then, WBT stock has decreased by 9.2% and is now trading at $7.70.
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6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Welbilt in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Welbilt is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 3rd 2020.
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Welbilt, Inc (NYSE:WBT) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 4th. The industrial products company reported ($0.07) earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.13) by $0.06. The industrial products company had revenue of $206 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $205.09 million. Welbilt had a net margin of 0.45% and a return on equity of 21.76%. Welbilt's quarterly revenue was down 51.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.22 EPS.
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Welbilt issued an update on its third quarter 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $266.825-287.35 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $267.02 million.

6 Wall Street analysts 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 share price to reach $12.83 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 66.7% from the stock's current price.
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Media coverage about WBT stock has trended somewhat negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. 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 media sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media 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 impact on the company's share price in the next few days.
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Welbilt saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 11,230,000 shares, an increase of 22.2% from the April 15th total of 9,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,590,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.3 days. Approximately 8.0% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Welbilt investors own include Manitowoc (MTW), WPX Energy (WPX), Progenics Pharmaceuticals (PGNX), United Continental (UAL), Carnival (CCL), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Coty (COTY), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Visa (V) and Chesapeake Energy (CHKAQ).

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

Welbilt's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.26%), Nordea Investment Management AB (5.12%), FMR LLC (1.36%), Sarasin & Partners LLP (1.33%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.83%) and Federated Hermes Inc. (0.78%). 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.
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WBT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Marshall Wace LLP, Spark Investment Management LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Marshall Wace North America L.P., and Bank of America Corp DE.
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WBT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nordea Investment Management AB, Skyline Asset Management LP, Federated Hermes Inc., WINTON GROUP Ltd, CWM LLC, Q Global Advisors LLC, Balyasny Asset Management LLC, and Sarasin & Partners LLP. Company insiders that have bought Welbilt stock in the last two years include Haresh Shah, Jennifer Gudenkauf, Richard James Sheffer, and William Johnson.
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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 $7.70.

Welbilt has a market capitalization of $1.09 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'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]