WNS Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:WNS)

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

WNS announced that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Thursday, January 18th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase 3,300,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans 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 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 analyst estimates of $216.08 million. WNS had a net margin of 13.47% and a return on equity of 23.57%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 12.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $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 issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 17th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.93-3.08 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.88. The company issued revenue guidance of $861-892 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $882.28 million.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for WNS's stock. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $74.00. On average, they anticipate WNS's stock price to reach $69.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.3% 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.

Headlines about WNS stock have been trending very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. WNS earned a news sentiment score of -3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories 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 effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for WNS.

WNS saw a drop in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 17,900 shares, a drop of 68.7% from the September 30th total of 57,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 182,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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), MAXIMUS (MMS), Alliance Data Systems (ADS), Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (RBA), Healthequity (HQY), TriNet Group (TNET) and GrubHub (GRUB).

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 variety 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%), Russell Investments Group Ltd. (0.64%), Pembroke Management LTD (0.59%) and Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.54%).

WNS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 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, Meritage Portfolio Management and First Trust Advisors LP.

WNS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 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, River & Mercantile Asset Management LLP and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser 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 $63.08.

WNS has a market capitalization of $3.14 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]