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After finishing at $2.38 in the prior trading day, Service Properties Trust (NASDAQ: SVC) closed at $2.46, up 3.36%. In other words, the price has increased by $3.36 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.33 million shares were traded. SVC stock price reached its highest trading level at $2.47 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $2.3611.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of SVC by taking a closer look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 6.70 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 6.70.
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, HSBC Securities on October 23, 2023, initiated with a Hold rating and assigned the stock a target price of $8.
On April 22, 2022, Oppenheimer started tracking the stock assigning a Perform rating and target price of $8.50.
B. Riley Securities reiterated its Buy rating for the stock on February 28, 2022, while the target price for the stock was revised from $15 to $13.
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 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.
Donley Brian E. bought 3,000 shares of SVC for $16,310 on May 23 ’24. The CFO and Treasurer now owns 64,888 shares after completing the transaction at $5.44 per share.
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 409927008 and an Enterprise Value of 6127992832. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.22 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.48. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.23 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.025.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SVC is 1.84, which has changed by -0.61919504 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09506309 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SVC has reached a high of $6.85, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $2.29. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -8.84%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -36.52%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 3.09M shares per day over the past 3-months and 2149020 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 166.64M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 153.86M. Insiders hold about 7.67% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 72.79% stake in the company. Shares short for SVC as of 1740700800 were 7098498 with a Short Ratio of 2.29, compared to 1738281600 on 5650027. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7098498 and a Short% of Float of 6.7.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, SVC’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.42, compared to 0.42 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.17647058The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 8.43.
