W. P. Carey Inc (NYSE: WPC) on Tuesday, plunged -0.37% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $56.02. Within the past 52 weeks, WPC’s price has moved between $53.09 and $67.40.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Real Estate Sector giant was 15.24%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -34.31%. With a float of $216.09 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $218.85 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 197 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 61.03%, operating margin of 24.33%, and the pretax margin is 38.26%.
W. P. Carey Inc (WPC) Insider Activity
Observing investor behavior towards REIT – Diversified industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of W. P. Carey Inc is 1.26%, while institutional ownership is 68.45%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Nov 20 ’24, was worth 24,926. In this transaction Chief Accounting Officer of this company sold 440 shares at a rate of $56.65, taking the stock ownership to the 7,237 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 13 ’24, when Company’s Director bought 1,000 for $55.56, making the entire transaction worth $55,556. This insider now owns 22,289 shares in total.
W. P. Carey Inc (WPC) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -34.31% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -1.06% 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
W. P. Carey Inc (WPC) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 7.69. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 7.21.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.54, a number that is poised to hit 0.60 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.60 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of W. P. Carey Inc (WPC)
Looking closely at W. P. Carey Inc (NYSE: WPC), its last 5-days average volume was 0.97 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 1.21 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 28.00%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.08.
During the past 100 days, W. P. Carey Inc’s (WPC) raw stochastic average was set at 13.33%, which indicates a significant decrease from 33.78% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 15.14% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 18.61% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $58.18, while its 200-day Moving Average is $57.59. However, in the short run, W. P. Carey Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $56.26. Second resistance stands at $56.70. The third major resistance level sits at $57.10. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $55.42, it is likely to go to the next support level at $55.02. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $54.58.
W. P. Carey Inc (NYSE: WPC) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 12.21 billion based on 218,848K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 1,741 M and income totals 708,330 K. The company made 397,380 K in profit during its latest quarter, and 111,700 K in sales during its previous quarter.
