Wayfair Inc (NYSE: W): Are We Watching A Disaster Or Are We Buying A Gold Mine?

In the last trading session, 0.49 million shares of the Wayfair Inc (NYSE:W) were traded, and its beta was 3.75. Most recently the company’s share price was $34.41, and it changed around -$2.21 or -6.03% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $4.37B. W currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $76.18, offering almost -121.39% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $36.58, which indicates that the current value has fallen by an impressive -6.31% since then.

Wayfair Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 2.14. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 36 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 5 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 19 recommended W as a Hold, whereas 12 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.

Wayfair Inc (NYSE:W) trade information

Instantly W has showed a red trend with a performance of -6.03% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 43.50 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 20.9%. The company’s shares are currently down -22.36% year-to-date, but still down -19.70% over the last five days. On the other hand, Wayfair Inc (NYSE:W) is -28.86% down in the 30-day period.

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $55, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 37.44% from its current value. Analyst projections state that W is forecast to be at a low of $46 and a high of $60.

Wayfair Inc (W) estimates and forecasts

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 17.83%. Wayfair Inc earnings are expected to increase by 322.40% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 166.31% per year for the next five years.

Wayfair Inc (NYSE:W)’s Major holders

CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS, with 9.958% or 12.15 million shares worth $640.6 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.

Growth Fund of America Inc and Smallcap World Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Dec 31, 2024. The former held 7.67 shares worth $262.12 million, making up 7.50% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, Smallcap World Fund held roughly 4.42 shares worth around $151.04 million, which represents about 4.32% of the total shares outstanding.