Metric Deep Dive: Understanding Genworth Financial Inc (GNW) Through its Ratios

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After finishing at $6.89 in the prior trading day, Genworth Financial Inc (NYSE: GNW) closed at $6.91, up 0.29%. In other words, the price has increased by $0.29 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.23 million shares were traded. GNW stock price reached its highest trading level at $6.95 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $6.8.

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 0.18 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.18.

On May 05, 2016, Compass Point reiterated its Buy rating and also upped its target price recommendation from $5.50 to $5.25.

Compass Point reiterated its Buy rating for the stock on February 08, 2016, while the target price for the stock was revised from $7.50 to $5.50.

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 Aug 26 ’24 when McInerney Thomas J sold 150,000 shares for $6.88 per share. The transaction valued at 1,031,700 led to the insider holds 4,532,954 shares of the business.

McInerney Thomas J bought 150,000 shares of GNW for $1,031,721 on Aug 26 ’24. On May 24 ’24, another insider, McInerney Thomas J, who serves as the President and CEO; Director of the company, sold 200,000 shares for $6.27 each. As a result, the insider received 1,254,800 and left with 4,361,980 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 2985327360 and an Enterprise Value of 4109324800. As of this moment, Genworth’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 96.51, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 7.47. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 19.30. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.44 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.35. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.558 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.635.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, GNW has reached a high of $7.25, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $5.32. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.81%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 7.90%.

Shares Statistics:

The stock has traded on average 2.69M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1869790 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 446.82M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 423.48M. Insiders hold about 1.98% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 82.86% stake in the company. Shares short for GNW as of 1727654400 were 4946862 with a Short Ratio of 1.84, compared to 1724976000 on 5412580. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4946862 and a Short% of Float of 1.6199999999999999.

Dividends & Splits

The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.09.

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