Will Gannett Co Inc (GCI) Future Potential Be Hindered By Price Volatility?

Gannett Co Inc (NYSE:GCI) has a beta value of 2.66 and has seen 0.74 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $548.42M, closed the recent trade at $3.74 per share which meant it gained $0.03 on the day or 0.94% during that session. The GCI stock price is -58.56% off its 52-week high price of $5.93 and 31.82% above the 52-week low of $2.55.

The consensus among analysts is that Gannett Co Inc (GCI) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.20. 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.

Gannett Co Inc (NYSE:GCI) trade information

Sporting 0.94% 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 GCI stock price touched $3.74 or saw a rise of 8.11%. Year-to-date, Gannett Co Inc shares have moved -25.99%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 15.94%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Gannett Co Inc (NYSE:GCI) have changed 37.18%.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $5.55, which means that the shares’ value could jump 32.61% from the levels at last check today.. 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 latest price level in today’s session is -60.43% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -36.36% from the levels at last check today..

Gannett Co Inc (GCI) estimates and forecasts

The company’s shares have lost -29.21% over the past 6 months.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 36.36% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest -112.62% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 1.27%.

GCI Dividends

Gannett Co Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in June 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

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 9.218% 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 9.2045% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and iShares Trust-iShares Russell 2000 ETF . As of Dec 31, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 3.01% shares in the company for having 4.41 shares of worth $16.44 million while later fund manager owns 3.87 shares of worth $14.43 million as of Mar 31, 2025 , which makes it owner of about 2.65% of company’s outstanding stock.