BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc (NYSE: BJ) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 20.73x compared to its average ratio. BJ has 36-month beta value of 0.24. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for BJ is 131.25M, and currently, short sellers hold a 5.77% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of BJ on September 26, 2024 was 1.55M shares.
3 Tiny Stocks Primed to Explode
The world's greatest investor — Warren Buffett — has a simple formula for making big money in the markets. He buys up valuable assets when they are very cheap. For stock market investors that means buying up cheap small cap stocks like these with huge upside potential.
We've set up an alert service to help smart investors take full advantage of the small cap stocks primed for big returns.
Click here for full details and to join for free
Sponsored
BJ) stock’s latest price update
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc (NYSE: BJ) has seen a rise in its stock price by 0.12 in relation to its previous close of 82.04. However, the company has experienced a 2.43% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. fool.com reported 2024-08-30 that BJ’s Wholesale is much smaller than Costco, even though the two retailers have existed for about the same amount of time. A revenue surge during the COVID-19 pandemic changed the game for BJ’s.
BJ’s Market Performance
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc (BJ) has seen a 2.43% rise in stock performance for the week, with a -2.27% decline in the past month and a -6.94% plunge in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.31%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.91% for BJ. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 2.73% for BJ stock, with a simple moving average of 5.98% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of BJ
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for BJ stocks, with JP Morgan repeating the rating for BJ by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for BJ in the upcoming period, according to JP Morgan is $78 based on the research report published on August 26, 2024 of the current year 2024.
Wells Fargo, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see BJ reach a price target of $92, previously predicting the price at $75. The rating they have provided for BJ stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on August 23rd, 2024.
Gordon Haskett gave a rating of “Buy” to BJ, setting the target price at $90 in the report published on May 23rd of the current year.
BJ Trading at -2.26% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought BJ to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -11.08% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.91%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.31%, as shares surge +0.33% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -10.11% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, BJ rose by +2.43%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +25.81% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $79.97. In addition, BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc saw 23.22% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at BJ starting from Ortega Steven L, who purchase 2,455 shares at the price of $81.26 back on Sep 16 ’24. After this action, Ortega Steven L now owns 6,901 shares of BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc, valued at $199,493 using the latest closing price.
Eddy Robert W., the President & CEO of BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc, sale 11,000 shares at $79.40 during a trade that took place back on Sep 03 ’24, which means that Eddy Robert W. is holding 445,792 shares at $873,382 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for BJ
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.04 for the present operating margin
- 0.18 for the gross margin
The net margin for BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc stands at 0.03. The total capital return value is set at 0.18. Equity return is now at value 36.89, with 7.87 for asset returns.
Based on BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc (BJ), the company’s capital structure generated 0.32 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 1.12. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.47. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 13.1.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 1.05 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 2.68. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.67. The receivables turnover for the company is 82.12for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 2.94. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.76.
Conclusion
To put it simply, BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc (BJ) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
