WestRock Co (NYSE: WRK) on November 17, 2023, started off the session at the price of $38.13, soaring 0.85% from the previous trading day. During the day, the shares moved up to $38.27 and dropped to $37.819 before settling in for the closing price of $37.59. Within the past 52 weeks, WRK’s price has moved between $26.84 and $39.30.
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A company in the Consumer Cyclical sector has jumped its sales by 5.85% annually for the last half of the decade. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -22.00%. With a float of $252.74 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $256.40 million.
In an organization with 56100 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is +15.97, operating margin of +6.05, and the pretax margin is -8.39.
WestRock Co (WRK) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Observing investor behavior towards Packaging & Containers industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of WestRock Co is 1.43%, while institutional ownership is 86.75%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 15, was worth 109,520. In this transaction President, Corrugated Pkg of this company sold 4,000 shares at a rate of $27.38, taking the stock ownership to the 42,132 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 12, when Company’s Director sold 55,000 for $36.51, making the entire transaction worth $2,007,830. This insider now owns 245,271 shares in total.
WestRock Co (WRK) Latest Financial update
As on 9/29/2023, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the period topping the consensus outlook (set at $0.74) by $0.07. This company achieved a net margin of -8.12 while generating a return on equity of -15.35. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.55 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -22.00% per share during the next fiscal year.
WestRock Co (NYSE: WRK) Trading Performance Indicators
WestRock Co (WRK) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.95 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.48. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 14.17.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -6.46, a number that is poised to hit 0.36 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.18 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of WestRock Co (WRK)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.85 million. That was inferior than the volume of 2.57 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 40.46%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.83.
During the past 100 days, WestRock Co’s (WRK) raw stochastic average was set at 88.78%, which indicates a significant increase from 64.72% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 25.34% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 27.67% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $36.35, while its 200-day Moving Average is $31.91. However, in the short run, WestRock Co’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $38.18. Second resistance stands at $38.45. The third major resistance level sits at $38.63. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $37.73, it is likely to go to the next support level at $37.55. The third support level lies at $37.28 if the price breaches the second support level.
WestRock Co (NYSE: WRK) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 9.72 billion based on 256,279K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 20,310 M and income totals -1,649 M. The company made 4,988 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 109,800 K in sales during its previous quarter.