In today’s recent session, 2.4 million shares of the Kenvue Inc (NYSE:KVUE) have been traded, and its beta is 0.78. Most recently the company’s share price was $20.75, and it changed around -$0.15 or -0.74% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $39.83B. KVUE at last check was trading at a discount to its 52-week high of $25.17, offering almost -21.3% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $17.67, which indicates that the recent value has risen by an impressive 14.84% since then. We note from Kenvue Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 16.31 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 18.91 million.
Kenvue Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 2.60. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 19 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 2 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 14 recommended KVUE as a Hold, whereas 3 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.
Kenvue Inc (NYSE:KVUE) trade information
Instantly KVUE has been showing red trend so far today with a performance of -0.74% on intraday trading today. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 21.34 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 2.76%. The company’s shares are currently up 13.30% year-to-date, but still down -0.88% over the last five days. On the other hand, Kenvue Inc (NYSE:KVUE) is -4.18% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 32.39 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 1.67 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $26, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 20.19% from its current value. Analyst projections state that KVUE is forecast to be at a low of $23 and a high of $29.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a negative earnings growth rate of -6.66%. Kenvue Inc earnings are expected to increase by -0.23% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 4.69% per year for the next five years.
KVUE Dividends
Kenvue Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-May-08. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 3.95 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.82. It is important to note, however, that the 3.95% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision.
Kenvue Inc (NYSE:KVUE)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 0.04% of Kenvue Inc shares, and 101.17% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 101.21%. Kenvue Inc stock is held by 1470.0 institutions, with VANGUARD GROUP INC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 11.0739% of the shares, which is about 212.06 million shares worth $3.86 billion.
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/, with 9.2491% or 177.12 million shares worth $3.22 billion as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Mar 31, 2025 . The former held 60.42 shares worth $1.25 billion, making up 3.15% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund held roughly 53.27 shares worth around $1.1 billion, which represents about 2.78% of the total shares outstanding.
