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The price of Service Properties Trust (NASDAQ: SVC) closed at $2.79 in the last session, up 4.10% from day before closing price of $2.68. In other words, the price has increased by $4.10 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.23 million shares were traded. SVC stock price reached its highest trading level at $2.84 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $2.675.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at SVC’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.19 and its Current Ratio is at 0.19. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 7.71 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 7.71.
On March 19, 2025, Wells Fargo Upgraded its rating to Overweight which previously was Underweight and also upped its target price recommendation from $2.50 to $4.
On October 23, 2023, HSBC Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $8.HSBC Securities initiated its Hold rating on October 23, 2023, with a $8 target price.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 08 ’24 when Donley Brian E. bought 3,000 shares for $3.25 per share. The transaction valued at 9,750 led to the insider holds 91,813 shares of the business.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, SVC now has a Market Capitalization of 483998048 and an Enterprise Value of 5980515328. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.25 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.63. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.155 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.796.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SVC is 1.91, which has changed by -0.48428833 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11844492 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SVC has reached a high of $6.34, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.71. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 21.34%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.52%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, SVC traded on average about 1.50M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1294400 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 166.65M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 153.54M. Insiders hold about 7.86% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 72.38% stake in the company. Shares short for SVC as of 1749772800 were 5539052 with a Short Ratio of 3.69, compared to 1747267200 on 4933260. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 5539052 and a Short% of Float of 3.8399997999999997.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for SVC is 0.23, which was 0.23 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0858209The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 7.39.
