Ideas And Forecasts On Genworth Financial Inc (NYSE: GNW)

Genworth Financial Inc (NYSE:GNW) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.84M but it saw 2319936 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 2.54B USD, the company’s current market price of $5.79 came falling about -0.34 while comparing to the previous closing price of $5.81. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $6.93 and as low as $4.51.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Genworth Financial Inc (GNW) gives us an average price of $6.21, while its current price level is -16.45% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 28.38% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $6.19 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $6.04. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.68% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.47%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 30.47 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Compass Point issued its recommendations for the stock as it reiterated the price target for the stock in the range of between $7.50 and $5.50.

Over the week, GNW’s stock price is moving -3.82% down while it is -7.06% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -13.32% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -6.31%.

The latest quarterly earnings report issued by the company was for quarter ended 12/31/2023, when its quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of -$0.47 beaten by the consensus estimate of $0.19 for the same. For GNW, analysts are forecasting an EPS-growth rate of 381.20% for current year and estimate for EPS growth in next year is 16.90%. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of –$ as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at –$ and seeing the company making –$ in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of –$ for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Genworth Financial Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 446.82M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 0.18% and return on equity (ROE) at 0.18%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 5790.00 while having a 6.43 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.09. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.35 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.37. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.02% on average.