UWM Holdings Corporation (NYSE: UWMC) stock fell -1.01% on Tuesday to $4.90 against a previous-day closing price of $4.95. With 1.1 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.29 million shares. During the session, the Mortgage Finance company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $4.9999 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $4.8600. The 52-week range on UWMC shows that it touched its highest point at $6.35 and its lowest point at $2.84 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $4.70. With its current market cap of 8.00 billion, UWMC has annualized dividend of $0.40 while the current yield stands at 8.16%.
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Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of UWMC was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -3.54%, but this was down by -11.23% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 16.39% while six-month performance rose 19.80%. The stock gained 23.74% in the past year, while it has gained 48.04% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for UWMC yields 0.09 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.37. For the next quarter, that number is 0.06. This implies an EPS growth rate of -32.10% for this year and 97.88% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 1.60 billion UWMC shares are outstanding with a float of 88.98 million shares on hand for trading. On Apr 27, 2023, short shares totaled 21.88 million, which was 23.50% higher than short shares on Mar 30, 2023. In addition to Mr. Mathew R. Ishbia as the firm’s Chairman, Pres & CEO, Mr. Andrew Hubacker serves as its Exec. VP, Chief Accounting Officer & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 33.56% of UWMC’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company. Other institutions hold 4.53% of UWMC, in contrast to 19.67% held by mutual funds. Shares owned by individuals account for 15.18%. As the largest shareholder in UWMC with 7.97% of the stake, The Vanguard Group, Inc. holds 7,420,302 shares worth 7,420,302. A second-largest stockholder of UWMC, Fidelity Management & Research Co, holds 3,850,844 shares, controlling over 4.14% of the firm’s shares. BlackRock Fund Advisors is the third largest shareholder in UWMC, holding 3,497,224 shares or 3.76% stake. With a 2.47% stake in UWMC, the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF is the largest stakeholder. A total of 2,300,429 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager. The Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund, which owns about 2.21% of UWMC stock, is the second-largest Mutual Fund holder. It holds 2,053,433 shares valued at 12.32 million. Fidelity US Equity Central Fund holds 1.58% of the stake in UWMC, owning 1,469,300 shares worth 8.82 million.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for UWMC since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With UWMC analysts setting a high price target of $6.50 and a low target of $3.50, the average target price over the next 12 months is $4.70. Based on these targets, UWMC could surge 32.65% to reach the target high and fall by -28.57% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a decline of -4.08% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded UWMC stock several times over the past three months with 0 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 0 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 9 while that of sell transactions has risen to 4 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 55,684 while 15,736 shares were sold.
