With 0.51 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.44 million shares. During the session, the Publishing company that operates in wider Communication Services sector, reached to the highest price of $44.545 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $43.305. The 52-week range on WLY shows that it touched its highest point at $53.96 and its lowest point at $34.85 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $60.00. With its current market cap of 2.36 billion, WLY has annualized dividend of $1.41 while the current yield stands at 3.22%. WLY paid its most recent dividend on 1735171200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1735171200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.86.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of WLY was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.11%, but this was up by 6.92% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -4.97% while six-month performance rose 1.79%. The stock gained 16.70% in the past year, while it has gained 0.09% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WLY yields 0.74 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.80. For the next quarter, that number is 1.27. This implies an EPS growth rate of 27.70% for this year and 7.04% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 44.89 million WLY shares are outstanding with a float of 41.85 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 2.04 million, which was 379.00000000000006 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Jesse Caleb Wiley as the firm’s Non-Executive Chairman, Mr. Matthew S. Kissner serves as its President, CEO & Employee Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.95191 of WLY’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-01-31, WLY reported revenue of $404626000.0 and operating income of $57405000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $94900000.0 and diluted EPS was -$0.43.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for WLY since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With WLY analysts setting a high price target of 60.0 and a low target of 60.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 60.0. Based on these targets, WLY could surge 37.14% to reach the target high and rise by 37.14% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 37.14% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $2.49412 being high and $2.30588 being low. For WLY, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.4. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.
