Vista Outdoor Inc. (NYSE: VSTO) stock jumped 2.81% on Monday to $30.33 against a previous-day closing price of $29.50. With 0.67 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.43 million shares. During the session, the Leisure company that operates in wider Consumer Cyclical sector, reached to the highest price of $30.75 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $29.56. The 52-week range on VSTO shows that it touched its highest point at $32.05 and its lowest point at $22.97 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $38.40. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.92.
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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 VSTO was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 8.94%, but this was up by 3.13% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 9.38% while six-month performance rose 17.56%. The stock gained 7.59% in the past year, while it has gained 24.46% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VSTO yields -1.45 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.30. For the next quarter, that number is 1.17. This implies an EPS growth rate of -102.10% for this year and 12.89% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 3.05% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 38.00%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 57.45 million VSTO shares are outstanding with a float of 55.93 million shares on hand for trading. On Aug 30, 2023, short shares totaled 2.17 million, which was 3.73% higher than short shares on Jul 30, 2023. In addition to Mr. Gary L. McArthur as the firm’s Interim CEO & Director, Mr. Andrew Keegan serves as its VP & Interim CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 85.99% of VSTO’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company. Other institutions hold 47.27% of VSTO, in contrast to 4.12% held by mutual funds. Shares owned by individuals account for 35.34%. As the largest shareholder in VSTO with 14.35% of the stake, BlackRock Fund Advisors holds 8,320,628 shares worth 8,320,628. A second-largest stockholder of VSTO, Gates Capital Management, Inc., holds 5,472,246 shares, controlling over 9.43% of the firm’s shares. The Vanguard Group, Inc. is the third largest shareholder in VSTO, holding 5,008,014 shares or 8.63% stake. With a 6.93% stake in VSTO, the iShares Core S&P Small Cap ETF is the largest stakeholder. A total of 4,019,255 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager. The Pacer Fds. Tr. – US Small Cap Cas, which owns about 3.52% of VSTO stock, is the second-largest Mutual Fund holder. It holds 2,039,699 shares valued at 59.66 million. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF holds 3.00% of the stake in VSTO, owning 1,739,784 shares worth 50.89 million.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on Jun 24, 2023, VSTO reported revenue of $802.61M and operating income of $172.43M. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $191.74M and diluted EPS was $2.16.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for VSTO 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 VSTO analysts setting a high price target of $47.00 and a low target of $29.00, the average target price over the next 12 months is $38.00. Based on these targets, VSTO could surge 54.96% to reach the target high and fall by -4.39% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 25.29% 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 VSTO stock several times over the past three months with 8 Buys and 3 Sells. In these transactions, 174,907 shares were bought while 1,275 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 22 while that of sell transactions has risen to 17 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 471,317 while 51,977 shares were sold.
