NYSE:WNS - WNS Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

WNS declared that its board has initiated a stock repurchase program on Thursday, January 18th 2018, which permits the company to buyback 3,300,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE:WNS) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 17th. The business services provider reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.12. The business services provider had revenue of $220.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $216.08 million. WNS had a return on equity of 23.57% and a net margin of 13.47%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 12.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.65 EPS. View WNS's Earnings History.

WNS is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 16th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for WNS.

WNS updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 17th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.93-3.08 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.88. The company issued revenue guidance of $861-892 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $882.28 million.

10 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for WNS's shares. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $74.00. On average, they expect WNS's share price to reach $69.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for WNS.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for WNS in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 8 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for WNS.

Press coverage about WNS stock has trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. WNS earned a coverage optimism score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for WNS.

WNS saw a drop in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 17,900 shares, a drop of 68.7% from the October 31st total of 57,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 182,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.0% of the company's stock are short sold. View WNS's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to WNS include The Western Union (WU), Fair Isaac (FICO), WEX (WEX), Zillow Group (Z), Zillow Group (ZG), Nielsen (NLSN), CDK Global (CDK), CIELO S A/S (CIOXY), Etsy (ETSY), Alliance Data Systems (ADS), MAXIMUS (MMS), Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (RBA), Healthequity (HQY), TriNet Group (TNET) and Envestnet (ENV).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other WNS investors own include Cigna (CI), Square (SQ), Humana (HUM), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Summit Materials (SUM), Visa (V), salesforce.com (CRM), Target (TGT), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Starbucks (SBUX).

WNS's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include TimesSquare Capital Management LLC (2.83%), Rice Hall James & Associates LLC (1.59%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.07%), Millennium Management LLC (0.79%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.64%) and Pembroke Management LTD (0.59%).

WNS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Man Group plc, Skyline Asset Management LP, Pembroke Management LTD, Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Rice Hall James & Associates LLC and Meritage Portfolio Management.

WNS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Tygh Capital Management Inc., Summit Creek Advisors LLC, WCM Investment Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Origin Asset Management LLP, California Public Employees Retirement System and Voloridge Investment Management LLC.

Shares of WNS 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 WNS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $63.46.

WNS has a market capitalization of $3.16 billion and generates $809.10 million in revenue each year. The business services provider earns $105.43 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.25 on an earnings per share basis. WNS employs 39,898 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About WNS.

The official website for WNS is http://www.wns.com/.

WNS's mailing address is GATE 4 GODREJ & BOYCE, MUMBAI K7, 400079. The business services provider can be reached via phone at 91-22-4095-2100 or via email at [email protected]