In the last trading session, 6.22 million VF Corp. (NYSE:VFC) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.53. With the company’s per share price at $17.12 changed hands at -$0.09 or -0.52% during last session, the market valuation stood at $6.66B. VFC’s last price was a discount, traded about -101.17% off its 52-week high of $34.44. The share price had its 52-week low at $12.85, which suggests the last value was 24.94% up since then. When we look at VF Corp.’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 8.87 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 8.92 million.
Analysts gave the VF Corp. (VFC) stock a consensus recommendation rating of an Overweight, calculated at a mean rating of 2.40. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 25 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 2 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 15 recommended VFC as a Hold, 7 felt it is a Buy and 1 rated the stock as Underweight. VF Corp.’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be $0.82.
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VF Corp. (NYSE:VFC) trade information
Instantly VFC was in red as seen at the end of in last trading. With action 20.99%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The drop to weekly highs of 18.04 on Monday, 11/20/23 subtracted -0.52% to the stock’s daily price. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -37.99%, with the 5-day performance at 20.99% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, VF Corp. (NYSE:VFC) is -4.99% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 31.52 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 3.2 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $18.80, meaning bulls need an upside of 8.94% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, VFC’s forecast low is $15.00 with $33.00 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -92.76% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 12.38% for it to hit the projected low.
VF Corp. (VFC) estimates and forecasts
Data shows that the VF Corp. share is performing relatively much not better than most of its peers within the same industry. As can be gleaned from the statistics, the company’s share value shot -12.47% over the past 6 months, a -25.71% in annual growth rate that is considerably lower than the industry average of -7.00%. Moreover, analysts have looked to lower expectations by upgrading its fiscal year 2023 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict current quarter revenue for VF Corp. will fall -26.80%, while the growth in revenue is estimated to hit 11.80% for the next quarter. Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach -5.30% down from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 19 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of $3.27 billion. 19 analysts are of the opinion that VF Corp.’s revenue for the quarter ending Mar 2024 will be $2.6 billion. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at -5.10%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -34.44%. The 2023 estimates are for VF Corp. earnings to decrease by -27.67%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 0.85% per year.
VFC Dividends
VF Corp. is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report between February 05 and February 09. The 4.56% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.78. It is important to note, however, that the 4.56% 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.
VF Corp. (NYSE:VFC)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 0.73% of VF Corp. shares while 85.46% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 86.09%. There are 85.46% institutions holding the VF Corp. stock share, with PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. the top institutional holder. As of Jun 29, 2023, the company held 19.81% of the shares, roughly 77.02 million VFC shares worth $1.47 billion.
Vanguard Group Inc holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 10.48% or 40.76 million shares worth $778.2 million 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 10.94 million shares estimated at $208.83 million under it, the former controlled 2.81% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 2.02% of the shares, roughly 7.86 million shares worth around $149.95 million.
