At the time of writing, Whirlpool Corp. [WHR] stock is trading at $107.78, down -0.81%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The WHR shares have gain 4.51% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.17%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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On 12, March 2024, Whirlpool Corporation Employees Helped Build Homes and Change Lives in 2023. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Around the globe, more than 200 Whirlpool Corporation employees rolled up their sleeves in 2023 to help build homes and change lives. As we enter our 25th year of work with Habitat for Humanity International, we will continue to focus on our vision of ensuring everyone can have a place to live that is comfortable and nurturing.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Whirlpool Corp. [NYSE: WHR] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on February 22, 2024, when Loop Capital initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $140. Previously, Longbow downgraded its rating to Neutral on October 27, 2023. On April 11, 2023, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $160 on the stock. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to a Neutral. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to Underperform for this stock on October 26, 2022, and downed its price target to $119. In a note dated April 05, 2022, Credit Suisse initiated an Neutral rating and provided a target price of $180 on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Whirlpool Corp. fluctuated between $98.40 and $160.62. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $129.33 within the next 12 months. Whirlpool Corp. [NYSE: WHR] shares were valued at $107.78 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 19.99% based on the average WHR price forecast.
Analyzing the WHR fundamentals
According to Whirlpool Corp. [NYSE:WHR], the company’s sales were 19.46B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 3.35% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.16% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.29%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.03%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.02%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.23 and Total Capital is 0.55. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 3.32.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 106.89 points at the first support level, and at 106.00 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 109.01, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 110.24.
Whirlpool Corp. [WHR] reported earnings per share of $3.85 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $3.56/share, meaning a difference of $0.29 and a surprise factor of 8.10%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2023 were $5.45 per share as compared to estimates of $4.25 per share, a difference of $1.2 representing a surprise of 28.20%.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Whirlpool Corp. [NYSE:WHR] has a current ratio of 0.89. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.57 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.23. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.30, the price to book ratio is 2.51 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 12.43.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Bitzer Marc R, CHAIRMAN AND CEO, that happened on Jul 28 ’23 when 20000.0 shares were sold. EXEC VICE PRESIDENT AND CFO, Peters James W completed a deal on Jul 28 ’23 to sell 6000.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP & PRES. WHIRLPOOL LAR Puente Juan Carlos sold 420.0 shares on May 26 ’23.
