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After finishing at $8.9 in the prior trading day, Genworth Financial Inc (NYSE: GNW) closed at $8.92, up 0.22%. In other words, the price has increased by $0.22 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.43 million shares were traded. GNW stock price reached its highest trading level at $8.935 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $8.775.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of GNW by taking a closer look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.17 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.17.
Compass Point reiterated its Buy rating for the stock on May 05, 2016, while the target price for the stock was revised from $5.50 to $5.25.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 02 ’25 when McInerney Thomas J sold 40,000 shares for $8.64 per share. The transaction valued at 345,600 led to the insider holds 5,107,444 shares of the business.
McInerney Thomas J bought 40,000 shares of GNW for $345,600 on Dec 02 ’25. On Nov 24 ’25, another insider, Karawan Gregory S., who serves as the EVP and General Counsel of the company, sold 40,000 shares for $8.51 each. As a result, the insider received 340,404 and left with 302,000 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, GNW now has a Market Capitalization of 3661070592 and an Enterprise Value of 4762474496. As of this moment, Genworth’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 16.89, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 14.62. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 13.80. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.51 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.41. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.652 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.43.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GNW is 1.02, which has changed by 0.35670733 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.19182634 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, GNW has reached a high of $9.28, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $5.99. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 2.12%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 11.68%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 4.10M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2763320 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 402.68M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 390.80M. Insiders hold about 2.15% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 86.09% stake in the company. Shares short for GNW as of 1765756800 were 7675906 with a Short Ratio of 1.87, compared to 1763078400 on 7366900. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7675906 and a Short% of Float of 2.7999999.
