With 8.45 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 7.38 million shares. During the session, the Insurance – Life company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $8.26 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $8.12. The 52-week range on GNW shows that it touched its highest point at $8.28 and its lowest point at $5.99 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $9.50. GNW paid its most recent dividend on 1223424000, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1223424000. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.94.
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 GNW was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.69%, but this was up by 8.23% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 17.95% while six-month performance rose 9.84%. The stock gained 16.60% in the past year, while it has gained 32.31% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for GNW yields 0.44 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.52. For the next quarter, that number is 0.10. This implies an EPS growth rate of -29.03% for this year and 18.18% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 1.06% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -5.65%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 411.69 million GNW shares are outstanding with a float of 402.02 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-07-15, short shares totaled 8.08 million, which was 196.0 higher than short shares on 1749772800. In addition to Mr. Thomas Joseph McInerney as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Jerome Thomas Upton serves as its Executive VP & CFO.
Analysts Ratings:
In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With GNW analysts setting a high price target of 9.5 and a low target of 9.5, the average target price over the next 12 months is 9.5. Based on these targets, GNW could surge 16.56% to reach the target high and rise by 16.56% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 16.56% 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 $0.825 being high and $0.825 being low. For GNW, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.825. The surprise factor in the prior quarter was $0.21. 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.
