Investors Getting Picky When It Comes To Buying Viking Holdings Ltd. (VIK)

Viking Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:VIK) does about 2.94M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 1654782 shares change hands in Tuesday’s trading. The company now has a market cap of 13.35B USD. Its current market price is $30.93, marking a decrease of -0.32% compared to the previous close of $31.03. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $33.28 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $25.71.

Viking Holdings Ltd. (VIK) has a 20-day trading average at $31.31 and the current price is -7.06% off the 52-week high compared with 20.30% distance from its 52-week low. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 2.72%, which increases to 3.94% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 54.55 to suggest the stock is neutral.

The consensus objective for the share price is $35.20, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 12.13% over the period.

The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on June 25, 2024 when HSBC Securities initiated the stock to “Buy” and issued a price target of $36. Wells Fargo initiated its price target at $35.

Viking Holdings Ltd. (VIK) stock is down -0.13% over the week and 7.85% over the past month. Its price is 18.51% year-to-date.

The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 3/31/2024, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of 0.17 above consensus estimates by 0.64. The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at 0.65 and 1.21 for whole year. Expected sales for next quarter are $1.43B, which analysts say will come at $4.59B for the current fiscal year and next year at $5.1B. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $1.37B.

To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 12.13 percent from here.

The forward price to earnings ratio is 15.41.