Wall Street analysts will be watching closely when Weatherford International plc (NYSE:WFT) reports its quarterly earnings next, which is scheduled for Tue 23 Apr (In 70 Days). Looking at the latest analyst forecasts, the current earnings-per-share (EPS) consensus estimate is sitting at -$0.12 per share. In the preceding quarter, the company reportedly generated EPS of -$0.14 per share of its common stock. Looking at profitability indicators, this organization has an operating margin of -34.10%, a profit margin of -47.10% and a gross margin of 40.90%.
Speaking of Wall Street analysts, a number of market experts at top investment banks have recently posted their updated ratings on shares of Weatherford International plc (NYSE:WFT). Most recently, on January 16th, 2019, CapitalOne Downgrade a Equal Weight rating. Before that, on December 13th, 2018, Raymond James Downgrade to Underperform. Wells Fargo Downgrade a Market Perform rating on December 11th, 2018, JP Morgan Downgrade an Neutral rating on December 11th, 2018, and Raymond James Downgrade a Mkt Perform rating on November 16th, 2018.
At its current price point, combined with the fact that this company has 1.01B shares outstanding, the current market capitalization sits at 881.71M. In the last trading day, 32,029,239 shares of Weatherford International plc were traded, which compares to its usual volume of about 33.49M shares per day of trading.
If we compare this company’s current price to its recent pricing activity, we can see that the price has changed by -$0.03 in the past five trading days, resulting in a percentage change of -3.30% and a moving average of 0.89. In the past 20 days, its price changed by $0.34 (which is +61.76%) and the stock’s moving average was 0.69. Looking back a full 50 days, shares of WFT changed by $0.24 (which is +37.50%) and demonstrated a moving average of 0.55.
Staying in the same analytical area, this company’s stock has demonstrated a 9-day Stochastic %K score of 72.63%, a 14-day Stochastic %K score of 78.90% and a 20-day Stochastic %K score of 78.98%. Using a similar metric, Weatherford International plc (WFT) shares showed a Stochastic %D of 75.06% over the past 9 days, a Stochastic %D score of 80.06% over the last 14 days, and a 20-day Stochastic %D of 80.23%. Meanwhile, this stock’s MACD Oscillator was 0.03 over the past 9 days, 0.12 over the past two weeks, and 0.19 in the last 20 days.
As recent trading data suggests, this company’s shares have been hovering close to the $0.88 level. Over the past 12 months, this stock has experienced a high price of $3.75 and a low of $0.22. Top market experts pay heightened attention to a stock as it is getting closer to a notable historic high price or low price.
ClearBridge Investments LLC sold more shares of this company during the last fiscal quarter, as we can observe in the latest corresponding filing from Weatherford International plc (NYSE:WFT) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This specific major shareholder, at the end of the quarter, held 130,522,437 shares of the company’s stock following the subtraction of -13,351,591 to this investor’s holdings during the three-month period. This share count represents that ClearBridge Investments LLC now held 13.04% stake in Weatherford International plc (WFT)’s shares.
Just in the most recent trading day, Weatherford International plc (NYSE:WFT) experienced a high price of $0.95 and low point of $0.87. At the end of the last trading session, this stock was at 0.88 per share, following a gain of $0.03, or -1.69% during the full day.