VF Corp. (VFC) is expecting 11.74% growth in the next quarter: What can investors do to maximize their returns?

On Monday, VF Corp. (NYSE: VFC) opened lower -7.24% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $19.60. Price fluctuations for VFC have ranged from $11.00 to $21.40 over the past 52 weeks.

Consumer Cyclical Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 1.34% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -32.11% at the time writing. With a float of $367.01 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $388.84 million.

The firm has a total of 30000 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 51.98%, operating margin of 4.52%, and the pretax margin is -4.56%.

VF Corp. (VFC) Insider Activity

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Apparel Manufacturing industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of VF Corp. is 5.70%, while institutional ownership is 96.70%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 22 ’24, was worth 250,500. In this transaction Director of this company bought 15,000 shares at a rate of $16.70, taking the stock ownership to the 230,178 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Jun 13 ’24, when Company’s Director bought 25,000 for $13.78, making the entire transaction worth $344,495. This insider now owns 215,130 shares in total.

VF Corp. (VFC) Earnings and Forecasts

If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 6/30/2024, the company posted 0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, coming under the agreed prediction (set at 0.65) by -0.02. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.48 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -32.11% per share during the next fiscal year.

VF Corp. (NYSE: VFC) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for VF Corp. (VFC). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.51. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.69. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 9.30.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -3.01, a number that is poised to hit 0.39 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.94 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of VF Corp. (VFC)

Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [VF Corp., VFC], we can find that recorded value of 6.45 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 8.17 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 30.03%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.86.

During the past 100 days, VF Corp.’s (VFC) raw stochastic average was set at 66.14%, which indicates a significant increase from 18.48% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 61.60% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 52.88% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $18.50, while its 200-day Moving Average is $15.61. Now, the first resistance to watch is $18.61. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $19.04. The third major resistance level sits at $19.62. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $17.60, it is likely to go to the next support level at $17.02. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $16.59.

VF Corp. (NYSE: VFC) Key Stats

There are currently 389,031K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 7.08 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 10,455 M according to its annual income of -968,880 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 1,907 M and its income totaled -258,890 K.