NYSE:WNS - WNS Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE:WNS) released its earnings results on Thursday, January, 16th. The business services provider reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.60 by $0.20. The business services provider earned $228.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $222.59 million. WNS had a return on equity of 23.12% and a net margin of 13.13%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 14.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.73 earnings per share. View WNS's Earnings History.

WNS is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for WNS.

WNS updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 16th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.05-3.12 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.03. The company issued revenue guidance of $890-900 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $886.91 million.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for WNS's stock. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $87.00. On average, they expect WNS's share price to reach $74.90 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.6% 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 and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for WNS.

News articles about WNS stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. WNS earned a news impact score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the business services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for WNS.

WNS saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 72,800 shares, an increase of 153.7% from the December 15th total of 28,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 172,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.2% of the company's shares are sold short. View WNS's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other WNS investors own include Cigna (CI), Square (SQ), Humana (HUM), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Procter & Gamble (PG), Visa (V), Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET).

WNS's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Summit Creek Advisors LLC (0.61%), Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.49%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.18%), Henry James International Management Inc. (0.05%), Zeke Capital Advisors LLC (0.02%) and First Hawaiian Bank (0.01%).

WNS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Henry James International Management Inc. and Calamos Advisors LLC.

WNS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Summit Creek Advisors LLC, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC and First Hawaiian Bank.

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 $70.90.

WNS has a market capitalization of $3.53 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]