Westrock Coffee Company (WEST) is expecting -16.74% growth in the next quarter: What can investors do to maximize their returns?

Westrock Coffee Company (NASDAQ: WEST) kicked off on Monday, up 5.55% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $7.21. Over the past 52 weeks, WEST has traded in a range of $5.28-$11.21.

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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Consumer Defensive sector was 11.97%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -174.77%. With a float of $28.93 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $88.05 million.

Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 1399 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 17.5%, operating margin of -4.63%, and the pretax margin is -9.24%.

Westrock Coffee Company (WEST) Insider Activity

Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Packaged Foods Industry. The insider ownership of Westrock Coffee Company is 67.29%, while institutional ownership is 31.29%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 12 ’24, was worth 34,850. In this transaction Director of this company bought 5,000 shares at a rate of $6.97, taking the stock ownership to the 249,445 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 10 ’24, when Company’s Director sold 11,500 for $8.07, making the entire transaction worth $92,805. This insider now owns 14,240 shares in total.

Westrock Coffee Company (WEST) Earnings and Forecasts

In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 9/30/2024, the organization reported -0.23 earnings per share (EPS), lower than consensus estimate (set at 0) by -0.23. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.01 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -174.77% per share during the next fiscal year.

Westrock Coffee Company (NASDAQ: WEST) Trading Performance Indicators

Take a look at Westrock Coffee Company’s (WEST) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.73. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.85.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.85, a number that is poised to hit -0.11 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach -0.14 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Westrock Coffee Company (WEST)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 0.24 million, its volume of 0.45 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 83.78%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.36.

During the past 100 days, Westrock Coffee Company’s (WEST) raw stochastic average was set at 45.24%, which indicates a significant decrease from 99.11% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 43.30% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 45.33% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $6.88, while its 200-day Moving Average is $9.21. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $7.76 in the near term. At $7.92, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $8.21. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $7.31, it is likely to go to the next support level at $7.02. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $6.86.

Westrock Coffee Company (NASDAQ: WEST) Key Stats

The company with the Market Capitalisation of 707.94 million has total of 88,366K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 864,710 K in contrast with the sum of -34,580 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 208,390 K and last quarter income was -17,760 K.