At the time of writing, W. P. Carey Inc [WPC] stock is trading at $60.40, up 0.63%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The WPC shares have gain 0.60% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 5.54%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
W. P. Carey Inc [NYSE: WPC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on May 31, 2024, when UBS initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $57. Previously, Barclays started tracking the stock with Equal Weight rating on March 27, 2024, and set its price target to $40. On February 12, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Mkt Perform. JMP Securities downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform. BMO Capital Markets downgraded its rating to a Market Perform and reduced its price target to $60 on September 26, 2023. Wells Fargo started tracking with a Equal Weight rating for this stock on September 21, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $66. In a note dated August 14, 2023, BofA Securities downgraded an Underperform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $78 to $67.
For the past year, the stock price of W. P. Carey Inc fluctuated between $50.28 and $67.40. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $60 within the next 12 months. W. P. Carey Inc [NYSE: WPC] shares were valued at $60.40 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -0.66% based on the average WPC price forecast.
Analyzing the WPC fundamentals
According to W. P. Carey Inc [NYSE:WPC], the company’s sales were 1.64B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -13.90% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.62% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.23%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.38%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.36%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.07 and Total Capital is 0.02. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.94.
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 59.79 points at the first support level, and at 59.18 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 60.95, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 61.50.
Ratios To Look Out For
Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 8.06, the price to book ratio is 1.53 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 23.14.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved ALEXANDER MARK A, Director, that happened on Aug 16 ’24 when 2000.0 shares were purchased. Director, ALEXANDER MARK A completed a deal on Aug 09 ’24 to buy 3500.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Accounting Officer Zander Brian H sold 500.0 shares on Aug 08 ’24.
