VF Corp. (NYSE: VFC) has seen a rise in its stock price by 6.04 in relation to its previous close of 19.53. However, the company has experienced a 5.83% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. globenewswire.com reported 2024-10-02 that EssilorLuxottica Completes Acquisition of Supreme® from VF Corporation
Is It Worth Investing in VF Corp. (NYSE: VFC) Right Now?
Moreover, the 36-month beta value for VFC is 1.55. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 5 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 as “overweight,” 13 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
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The public float for VFC is 367.01M and currently, short sellers hold a 11.73% of that float. On October 04, 2024, VFC’s average trading volume was 7.17M shares.
VFC’s Market Performance
VFC stock saw an increase of 5.83% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 16.09% and a quarterly increase of 53.98%. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.18%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 3.60% for VF Corp. (VFC). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 11.17% for VFC stock, with a simple moving average of 33.32% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of VFC
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for VFC stocks, with Jefferies repeating the rating for VFC by listing it as a “Hold.” The predicted price for VFC in the upcoming period, according to Jefferies is $20 based on the research report published on September 27, 2024 of the current year 2024.
Barclays, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see VFC reach a price target of $22, previously predicting the price at $19. The rating they have provided for VFC stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on September 18th, 2024.
Telsey Advisory Group gave a rating of “Market Perform” to VFC, setting the target price at $19 in the report published on August 07th of the current year.
VFC Trading at 16.64% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought VFC to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was able to rebound, for now settling with 0.10% of gains for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.60%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 3.18%, as shares surge +18.21% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +30.06% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, VFC rose by +6.80%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +13.83% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $18.79. In addition, VF Corp. saw 10.16% 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 VFC starting from Carucci Richard, who purchase 15,000 shares at the price of $16.70 back on Aug 22 ’24. After this action, Carucci Richard now owns 230,178 shares of VF Corp., valued at $250,500 using the latest closing price.
Carucci Richard, the Director of VF Corp., purchase 25,000 shares at $13.78 during a trade that took place back on Jun 13 ’24, which means that Carucci Richard is holding 215,130 shares at $344,495 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for VFC
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.05 for the present operating margin
- 0.52 for the gross margin
The net margin for VF Corp. stands at -0.11. The total capital return value is set at 0.07. Equity return is now at value -57.02, with -9.15 for asset returns.
Based on VF Corp. (VFC), the company’s capital structure generated 0.81 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.15. The debt to equity ratio resting at 4.29. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 1.94.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 889.29 million with net debt to EBITDA at 8.29. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.42. The receivables turnover for the company is 9.71for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.89. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.99.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of VF Corp. (VFC) has been better in recent times. The stock has received a bullish of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
