The stock of Service Properties Trust (NASDAQ: SVC) has decreased by -16.19 when compared to last closing price of 4.76. Despite this, the company has experienced a -15.30% fall in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. businesswire.com reported 2024-10-16 that NEWTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Service Properties Trust (Nasdaq: SVC) today announced that SVC’s Board of Trustees has reduced SVC’s regular quarterly cash distribution on its common shares from $0.20 per common share ($0.80 per share per year) to $0.01 per common share ($0.04 per share per year). The dividend reduction will result in $127 million of annual savings. SVC also today announced that it has plans to sell 114 focused service hotels managed by Sonesta International Hotels Corporation.
Is It Worth Investing in Service Properties Trust (NASDAQ: SVC) Right Now?
SVC has 36-month beta value of 2.21. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 2 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
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The public float for SVC is 153.13M, and currently, short sellers hold a 4.94% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of SVC on October 16, 2024 was 1.23M shares.
SVC’s Market Performance
The stock of Service Properties Trust (SVC) has seen a -15.30% decrease in the past week, with a -13.47% drop in the past month, and a -33.95% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.54%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 3.61% for SVC. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -15.60% for SVC’s stock, with a -32.90% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of SVC
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for SVC stocks, with HSBC Securities repeating the rating for SVC by listing it as a “Hold.” The predicted price for SVC in the upcoming period, according to HSBC Securities is $8 based on the research report published on October 23, 2023 of the previous year 2023.
Oppenheimer, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see SVC reach a price target of $8.50. The rating they have provided for SVC stocks is “Perform” according to the report published on April 22nd, 2022.
B. Riley Securities gave a rating of “Buy” to SVC, setting the target price at $13 in the report published on February 28th of the previous year.
SVC Trading at -13.88% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought SVC to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -54.25% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.61%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.54%, as shares sank -13.75% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -22.57% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, SVC fell by -14.85%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -53.04% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $4.73. In addition, Service Properties Trust saw -53.29% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at SVC starting from Donley Brian E., who purchase 3,000 shares at the price of $5.44 back on May 23 ’24. After this action, Donley Brian E. now owns 64,888 shares of Service Properties Trust, valued at $16,310 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for SVC
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.16 for the present operating margin
- 0.18 for the gross margin
The net margin for Service Properties Trust stands at -0.11. The total capital return value is set at 0.05. Equity return is now at value -17.01, with -2.70 for asset returns.
Based on Service Properties Trust (SVC), the company’s capital structure generated 0.85 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.04. The debt to equity ratio resting at 5.5. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.9.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 637.36 million with net debt to EBITDA at 9.5. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.27. The receivables turnover for the company is 19.0for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.27.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Service Properties Trust (SVC) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed 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.
