Gannett Co Inc. (NYSE:GCI) has a beta value of 2.48 and has seen 1.89 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $847.22M, closed the last trade at $5.74 per share which meant it gained $0.32 on the day or 5.90% during that session. The GCI stock price is -3.31% off its 52-week high price of $5.93 and 71.08% above the 52-week low of $1.66. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 1.09 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 1.65 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Gannett Co Inc. (GCI) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.50. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 1 out of 2 have rated it as a Hold, with 1 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is -0.07.

Gannett Co Inc. (NYSE:GCI) trade information

Sporting 5.90% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the GCI stock price touched $5.74 or saw a rise of 2.55%. Year-to-date, Gannett Co Inc. shares have moved 149.57%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 1.77%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Gannett Co Inc. (NYSE:GCI) have changed 24.51%. Short interest in the company has seen 14.43 million shares shorted with days to cover at 7.09.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $5.55, which means that the shares’ value could drop -3.42% from current levels. The projected low price target is $5.1 while the price target rests at a high of $6.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -4.53% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 11.15% from current levels.

Gannett Co Inc. (GCI) estimates and forecasts

The company’s shares have gained 134.29% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -3.20%.

4 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 635.21M for the current quarter. 4 have an estimated revenue figure of 666.24M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 652.87M and 669.4M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -2.70% for the current quarter and -3.20% for the next.

GCI Dividends

Gannett Co Inc. is expected to release its next earnings report in November this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.

Gannett Co Inc. (NYSE:GCI)’s Major holders

Insiders own 4.99% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 74.87% with a share float percentage of 78.81%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Gannett Co Inc. having a total of 219.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are APOLLO MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS, L.P. with over 13.17 million shares worth more than $60.69 million. As of 2024-06-30, APOLLO MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS, L.P. held 9.3524% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is ALTA FUNDAMENTAL ADVISERS LLC, with the holding of over 13.15 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $60.61 million and represent 9.3387% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and iShares Russell 2000 ETF . As of Jun 30, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 3.01% shares in the company for having 4.45 shares of worth $25.53 million while later fund manager owns 3.87 shares of worth $22.2 million as of Aug 31, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 2.62% of company’s outstanding stock.