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 of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, January 18th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase 3,300,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE:WNS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 16th. The business services provider reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.20. The business services provider earned $228.20 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $222.59 million. WNS had a net margin of 13.47% and a return on equity of 23.57%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 14.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $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 earnings per share 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.

11 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for WNS's stock. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $87.00. On average, they anticipate WNS's stock price to reach $74.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for WNS.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for WNS in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 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 been trending positive on Friday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. WNS earned a coverage optimism score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the business services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news 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 increase in short interest during the month of 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 days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.2% of the company's stock are sold short. View WNS's Current Options Chain.

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

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other WNS investors own include Cigna (CI), AT&T (T), CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Procter & Gamble (PG), Square (SQ), Visa (V), Verizon Communications (VZ), Humana (HUM), Target (TGT) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

WNS's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 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 $69.01.

WNS has a market capitalization of $3.44 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]