In the last trading session, 1.5 million shares of the National Vision Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:EYE) were traded, and its beta was 1.23. Most recently the company’s share price was $13.46, and it changed around -$0.15 or -1.10% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $1.06B. EYE currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $22.70, offering almost -68.65% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $9.56, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 28.97% since then. We note from National Vision Holdings Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 1.63 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 1.51 million.
National Vision Holdings Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 2.36. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 11 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 0 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 6 recommended EYE as a Hold, whereas 4 deemed it a Buy, and 1 rated it as Underweight. National Vision Holdings Inc is expected to report earnings per share of 0.32 for the current quarter.
National Vision Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:EYE) trade information
Instantly EYE has showed a red trend with a performance of -1.10% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 13.72 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 1.9%. The company’s shares are currently up 29.17% year-to-date, but still up 11.42% over the last five days. On the other hand, National Vision Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:EYE) is 15.44% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 5.47 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 3.75 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $12.5, which translates to bulls needing to decrease their stock price by -7.68% from its current value. Analyst projections state that EYE is forecast to be at a low of $11 and a high of $14.
National Vision Holdings Inc (EYE) estimates and forecasts
The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 5.49%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 9 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 510.3M in revenue for the current quarter. 9 analysts expect National Vision Holdings Inc to make 466.73M in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 560.91M and 451.73M respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will drop, forecast at -9.02%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 3.32%.
National Vision Holdings Inc earnings are expected to increase by 10.81% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 13.79% per year for the next five years.
EYE Dividends
National Vision Holdings Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Feb-25.
National Vision Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:EYE)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 2.13% of National Vision Holdings Inc shares, and 105.42% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 107.72%. National Vision Holdings Inc stock is held by 268.0 institutions, with BLACKROCK INC. being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 17.6951% of the shares, which is about 13.9 million shares worth $182.0 million.
VANGUARD GROUP INC, with 11.7783% or 9.23 million shares worth $120.85 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Feb 28, 2025 . The former held 5.04 shares worth $67.89 million, making up 6.40% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund held roughly 2.47 shares worth around $33.31 million, which represents about 3.14% of the total shares outstanding.
