Should Investors Trust The Upside Potential In Nordstrom, Inc (JWN)?

Nordstrom, Inc (NYSE:JWN) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.30M but it saw 1473054 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 3.76B USD, the company’s current market price of $22.91 came rising about 1.51 while comparing to the previous closing price of $22.57. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $24.93 and as low as $12.88. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $22.4 while lowest mark touched by it was $23.19.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Nordstrom, Inc (JWN) gives us an average price of $23.22, while its current price level is -8.10% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 77.87% 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 $22.70 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $21.05. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.20% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 3.19%. 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 50.39 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Barclays upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Equal Weight” from “Underweight” on September 05, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $18-$23. Telsey Advisory Group issued its recommendations for the stock as it reiterated the price target for the stock in the range of between $23 and $24.

Over the week, JWN’s stock price is moving 1.33% up while it is 4.42% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 24.17% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 62.14%.

Currently, Nordstrom, Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 162.40M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 5.76% and return on equity (ROE) at 35.02%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 13.42 while having a 11.58 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 2.58. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 3.97 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.25. Its return on asset (ROA) is 3.26% on average.