Viking Holdings Ltd (NYSE:VIK) has seen 1.2 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $18.29B, closed the recent trade at $41.31 per share which meant it gained $3.31 on the day or 8.71% during that session. The VIK stock price is -28.64% off its 52-week high price of $53.14 and 37.76% above the 52-week low of $25.71. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 2.92 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 3.48 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Viking Holdings Ltd (VIK) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.69. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 1 out of 7 have rated it as a Hold, with 6 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is -0.27.
Viking Holdings Ltd (NYSE:VIK) trade information
Sporting 8.71% in the green today, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the VIK stock price touched $41.31 or saw a rise of 0.24%. Year-to-date, Viking Holdings Ltd shares have moved -6.24%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 2.40%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Viking Holdings Ltd (NYSE:VIK) have changed -0.27%. Short interest in the company has seen 6.39 million shares shorted with days to cover at 1.69.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $49, which means that the shares’ value could jump 15.69% from the levels at last check today.. The projected low price target is $46.0 while the price target rests at a high of $55.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -33.14% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -11.35% from the levels at last check today..
Viking Holdings Ltd (VIK) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have gained 6.00% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 17.70%.
9 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 841M for the current quarter. 9 have an estimated revenue figure of 1.85B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 718.15M and 1.59B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 17.11% for the current quarter and 17.70% for the next.
Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 26.39% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 25.14%.
VIK Dividends
Viking Holdings Ltd is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Mar-10 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Viking Holdings Ltd (NYSE:VIK)’s Major holders
Insiders own 0.89% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 98.90% with a share float percentage of 99.79%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Viking Holdings Ltd having a total of 287.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD with over 60.81 million shares worth more than $2.06 billion. As of 2024-06-30, CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD held 16.6699% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is TPG GP A, LLC, with the holding of over 60.81 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $2.06 billion and represent 16.6699% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are MFS SERIES TRUST XI-MFS Mid Cap Value Fund and PUTNAM SUSTAINABLE LEADERS FUND . As of Dec 31, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 0.00% shares in the company for having 2.12 shares of worth $86.66 million while later fund manager owns 1.49 shares of worth $61.14 million as of Dec 31, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 0.00% of company’s outstanding stock.
