In the latest trading session, 16.47 million Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 2.16. With the company’s most recent per share price at $15.39 changed hands at -$2.35 or -13.24% at last look, the market valuation stands at $4.25B. M’s current price is a discount, trading about -43.6% off its 52-week high of $22.10. The share price had its 52-week low at $10.54, which suggests the last value was 31.51% up since then. When we look at Macy’s Inc’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 4.79 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 5.68 million.

Analysts gave the Macy’s Inc (M) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2.77. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 1 out of 13 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 6 recommended M as a Hold, 6 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Macy’s Inc’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 0.3.

Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M) trade information

Instantly M was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action -4.28%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -23.50%, with the 5-day performance at -4.28% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M) is -8.44% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 12.05 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 1.76 days.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 23, meaning bulls need an upside of 33.09% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, M’s forecast low is 10 with 45 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -192.4% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 35.02% for it to hit the projected low.

Macy’s Inc (M) estimates and forecasts

Data shows that the Macy’s 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 -18.95% over the past 6 months, a -20.00% in annual growth rate that is considerably higher than the industry average of -31.70%. Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach -1.10% down from the last financial year.

Consensus estimates given by 9 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 5.12B. 9 analysts are of the opinion that Macy’s Inc’s revenue for the current quarter will be 4.91B.

Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -36.16%. The 2024 estimates are for Macy’s Inc earnings to decrease by -20.63%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at -3.22% per year.

M Dividends

Macy’s Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in September. The 4.41% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.68. It is important to note, however, that the 4.41% 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. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 7.85 per year.

Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M)’s Major holders

If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 0.70% of Macy’s Inc shares while 78.81% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 79.37%. There are 78.81% institutions holding the Macy’s Inc stock share, with VANGUARD GROUP INC the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 12.298% of the shares, roughly 33.95 million M shares worth $651.93 million.

BLACKROCK INC. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 9.3734% or 25.88 million shares worth $496.9 million as of 2024-06-30.