W. P. Carey Inc (WPC)’s latest performance is not what we had anticipated

W. P. Carey Inc (NYSE: WPC) kicked off on Tuesday, up 0.80% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $55.34. Over the past 52 weeks, WPC has traded in a range of $53.01-$67.40.

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A company in the Real Estate sector has jumped its sales by 15.24% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -34.75%. With a float of $216.10 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $218.67 million.

In an organization with 197 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 61.03%, operating margin of 35.5%, and the pretax margin is 38.26%.

W. P. Carey Inc (WPC) Insider Updates

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the REIT – Diversified Industry. The insider ownership of W. P. Carey Inc is 1.26%, while institutional ownership is 69.09%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 01 ’24, was worth 276,430. In this transaction Director of this company bought 5,000 shares at a rate of $55.29, taking the stock ownership to the 45,850 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 16 ’24, when Company’s Director bought 2,000 for $57.03, making the entire transaction worth $114,059. This insider now owns 40,124 shares in total.

W. P. Carey Inc (WPC) Performance Highlights and Predictions

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -34.75% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -0.86% during the next five years compared to -1.24% drop over the previous five years of trading.

W. P. Carey Inc (NYSE: WPC) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at W. P. Carey Inc’s (WPC) current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 7.68. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 7.20.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.54, a number that is poised to hit 0.55 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.23 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of W. P. Carey Inc (WPC)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 1.58 million. That was better than the volume of 1.22 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 10.34%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.07.

During the past 100 days, W. P. Carey Inc’s (WPC) raw stochastic average was set at 16.21%, which indicates a significant decrease from 16.92% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 15.19% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 19.33% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $60.26, while its 200-day Moving Average is $57.99. However, in the short run, W. P. Carey Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $56.18. Second resistance stands at $56.58. The third major resistance level sits at $57.23. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $55.13, it is likely to go to the next support level at $54.48. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $54.08.

W. P. Carey Inc (NYSE: WPC) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 12.21 billion has total of 218,848K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 1,741 M in contrast with the sum of 708,330 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 397,380 K and last quarter income was 111,700 K.