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VSE Corp (NASDAQ: VSEC) closed the day trading at $127.73 down -5.97% from the previous closing price of $135.84. In other words, the price has decreased by -$5.97 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.55 million shares were traded. VSEC stock price reached its highest trading level at $139.755 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $125.76.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of VSEC, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.12 and its Current Ratio is at 3.90. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.52 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.51.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Jefferies on August 14, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $100.
On June 28, 2024, Stifel started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $101.
RBC Capital Mkts Upgraded its Sector Perform to Outperform on May 02, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $50 to $55.
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 May 09 ’25 when BRITT ANITA D sold 2,869 shares for $129.38 per share. The transaction valued at 371,191 led to the insider holds 3,837 shares of the business.
BRITT ANITA D bought 2,869 shares of VSEC for $377,044 on May 09 ’25. On Nov 11 ’24, another insider, KOONCE CALVIN SCOTT, who serves as the Former 10% shareholder within of the company, bought 456,000 shares for $114.42 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, VSEC now has a Market Capitalization of 2640140800 and an Enterprise Value of 3138779648. As of this moment, VSE’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 161.32, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 28.28. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 7.17. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.41 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.71. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.674 whereas that against EBITDA is 21.811.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for VSEC is 1.27, which has changed by 0.44687355 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12463009 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, VSEC has reached a high of $140.64, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $73.36. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.91%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 16.10%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, VSEC traded about 247.88K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, VSEC traded about 201630 shares per day. A total of 20.67M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 18.90M. Insiders hold about 8.58% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 108.78% stake in the company. Shares short for VSEC as of 1749772800 were 1708344 with a Short Ratio of 6.89, compared to 1747267200 on 1914962. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1708344 and a Short% of Float of 9.6499994.
Dividends & Splits
VSEC’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.40, up from 0.4 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0029446408The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.74. The current Payout Ratio is 23.56% for VSEC, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-01 with an ex-dividend date of 1752624000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2016-08-04 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
