In the latest trading session, 1.55 million NIKE Inc. (NYSE:NKE) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.13. With the company’s most recent per share price at $94.79 changed hands at -$0.72 or -0.75% at last look, the market valuation stands at $146.43B. NKE’s current price is a discount, trading about -38.53% off its 52-week high of $131.31. The share price had its 52-week low at $82.22, which suggests the last value was 13.26% up since then. When we look at NIKE Inc.’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 7.47 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 7.43 million.

Analysts gave the NIKE Inc. (NKE) stock a consensus recommendation rating of an Overweight, calculated at a mean rating of 2.30. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 3 out of 35 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 6 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 8 recommended NKE as a Hold, 17 felt it is a Buy and 1 rated the stock as Underweight. NIKE Inc.’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be $0.74.

NIKE Inc. (NYSE:NKE) trade information

Instantly NKE was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action -1.57%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The drop to weekly highs of 98.15 on Monday, 09/18/23 subtracted -0.75% to the stock’s daily price. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -18.99%, with the 5-day performance at -1.57% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, NIKE Inc. (NYSE:NKE) is -9.56% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 12.95 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 1.87 days.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $126.38, meaning bulls need an upside of 25.0% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, NKE’s forecast low is $88.00 with $151.87 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -60.22% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 7.16% for it to hit the projected low.

NIKE Inc. (NKE) estimates and forecasts

Data shows that the NIKE Inc. share is performing relatively much better than most of its peers within the same industry. As can be gleaned from the statistics, the company’s share value shot -21.79% over the past 6 months, a 14.86% in annual growth rate that is considerably higher than the industry average of -17.80%. Moreover, analysts have looked to lower expectations by upgrading its fiscal year 2023 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict current quarter revenue for NIKE Inc. will fall -20.40%, while the growth in revenue is estimated to hit 11.80% for the next quarter. Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 4.80% up from the last financial year.

Consensus estimates given by 21 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of $12.99 billion. 21 analysts are of the opinion that NIKE Inc.’s revenue for the quarter ending Nov 2023 will be $13.7 billion. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was $12.69 billion. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 2.40%.

Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 6.20%. The 2023 estimates are for NIKE Inc. earnings to decrease by -14.00%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 15.10% per year.

NKE Dividends

NIKE Inc. is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on September 28. The 1.43% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 1.36. It is important to note, however, that the 1.43% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.

NIKE Inc. (NYSE:NKE)’s Major holders

If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 1.40% of NIKE Inc. shares while 83.73% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 84.91%. There are 83.73% institutions holding the NIKE Inc. stock share, with Vanguard Group Inc the top institutional holder. As of Jun 29, 2023, the company held 8.80% of the shares, roughly 107.81 million NKE shares worth $11.9 billion.

Blackrock Inc. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 7.58% or 92.83 million shares worth $10.25 billion as of Jun 29, 2023.

Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Jun 29, 2023 were Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund. With 38.4 million shares estimated at $4.24 billion under it, the former controlled 3.13% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 2.39% of the shares, roughly 29.34 million shares worth around $3.24 billion.