Nike, Inc (NYSE: NKE) Stock: A Value Hunter’s Investment?

The trading price of Nike, Inc (NYSE:NKE) floating lower at last check on current market day and closing at $77.41, -1.27% lower than its previous close.

The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 23.92. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $102.49 and a 52-week low of $68.62. Over the past month, the stock has gained 0.67% in value.

Nike, Inc, whose market valuation is $114.51 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in April. The dividend yield on the company stock is 1.95%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 1.51. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by 0.27 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of 2.06 for current year and 2.4 for next year.

Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of 11.01B for the current quarter, with the likely lows of 10.85B and highs of 11.14B. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue is 46.01B.

On the technical side, indicators suggest NKE has a Hold on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 50% Sell, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 50% Sell.

Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned NKE a recommendation rating is 35. Out of them, 14 rate it a Hold, while 20 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged Nike, Inc (NKE) as Underweight, while 1 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Buy, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.

A quick review shows that NKE’s price is currently 1.93% off the SMA20 and 3.21% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 52.56, and weekly volatility stands at 2.64%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 2.89%. Nike, Inc (NYSE:NKE)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.08, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 2.19. With analysts defining $82-$110 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $91 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about -5.93% off the estimated low and -42.1% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if NKE’s share price rises to $91, which is the median consensus price. At that level, NKE’s share price would be -17.56% below current price.

To see how Nike, Inc stock has been performing today in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: NKE stock’s performance was -1.27% at last check in today’s session, and -25.51% in the past year. Nike, Inc has a P/E ratio of 23.92.

An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Nike, Inc (NYSE:NKE) indicates that the 3-month average is 13.49 million.

Currently, records show that 1.18 billion of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 21.49% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 65.10%. However, since the stock’s price has seen 2.31% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.

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