M’s -7.25% Loss This Week Has Revealed Something We Didn’t Know Before

During the last session, Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M)’s traded shares were 7.15 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 2.20. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $18.41, reflecting an intraday loss of -2.39% or -$0.45. The 52-week high for the M share is $22.10, that puts it down -20.04 from that peak though still a striking 42.75% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $10.54. The company’s market capitalization is $5.05B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 7.03 million shares, and the average trade volume was 8.39 million shares over the past three months.

Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M) trade information

Macy’s Inc (M) registered a -2.39% downside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -2.39% in intraday trading to $18.41, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -7.25%, and it has moved by -9.22% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is -2.07%. The short interest in Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M) is 18.59 million shares and it means that shorts have 1.83 day(s) to cover.

Macy’s Inc (M) estimates and forecasts

Statistics show that Macy’s Inc has underperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. Macy’s Inc (M) shares have gone up 61.21% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate less than the industry average at -26.57% against -22.90. Yet analysts are ramping up their growth forecast for the fiscal year 2024. Revenue is predicted to shrink -75.00% this quarter and then drop -23.10% in the quarter after that. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will decrease -1.20% compared to the previous financial year.

Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be $4.85 billion as predicted by 7 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 7 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to $5.09 billion by the end of Jul 2024.

An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings shrunk an estimated -36.16%. While earnings are projected to return -24.96% in 2024, the next five years will return 12.00% per annum.

M Dividends

Macy’s Inc is due to release its next quarterly earnings between May 30 and June 03. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Macy’s Inc is 0.67, with the dividend yield indicating at 3.64 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years.

Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M)’s Major holders

Macy’s Inc insiders own 0.74% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 89.58%, with the float percentage being 90.25%. Vanguard Group Inc is the largest shareholder of the company, while 533 institutions own stock in it. As of Jun 29, 2023, the company held over 33.74 million shares (or 12.33% of all shares), a total value of $541.46 million in shares.

The next largest institutional holding, with 24.8 million shares, is of Blackrock Inc.’s that is approximately 9.06% of outstanding shares. At the market price on Jun 29, 2023, these shares were valued at $397.99 million.

Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Macy’s Inc (M) shares are iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund. Data provided on Sep 29, 2023 indicates that iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF owns about 8.52 million shares. This amounts to just over 3.11 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $98.96 million market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 8.46 million, or about 3.09% of the stock, which is worth about $135.73 million.