Railroad
operator Genesee & Wyoming Inc.
(NYSE:GWR) is being taken private by Brookfield Infrastructure and GIC
in a deal valued at about $6.37 billion. Genesee & Wyoming Inc. owns 120
short line railroads, mostly in North America, with operations in Europe and
Australia. Through its subsidiaries worldwide, it provides transportation
infrastructure services over more than 26,000 kilometers of track.
The insider ownership percentage is the key indicator,
can be used by investors, to measure the outlook of senior management has on
their company. Insider ownership for the GWR is 1.60%. Institutional ownership
refers to the ownership stake in a company that is held by large financial
organizations, pension funds or endowments. The Institutional ownership for the
GWR is 94.10%.
Insider trading is the buying or selling of any publicly traded company’s stock
and this can be done by someone who has non-public, material information about
that GWR. Insider trading can be illegal or legal depending on when the insider
makes the trade. It is illegal when the material information is still non-public.
The insider transactions of the company (6-month change in insider ownerships)
for the Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR) is 0.00%.
Institutional ownership is the amount of a Genesee & Wyoming Inc.
(NYSE:GWR)’s available stock owned by mutual or pension funds, insurance
companies, investment firms, private foundations, endowments or other large
entities that actually manage the funds on the behalf of others, so its an
interesting element for the traders to note it, and the Institutional ownership
for the GWR is -4.49%.
U.S traded Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR) stock edged up 1.45% on Friday
and when day-trade ended the stock finally concluded at $100.00 and number of
shares that changed hands during the day are 804144. The number of shares GWR
stock currently held by all its shareholders are 56.12 and floated shares, the
number of shares are available for trading in an open market on last trading
day are 55.28. The average volume of shares for 3 months is 401.25 and GWR
stock value has moved between $68.49 – 101.01 in last one year.
The Gross margin is the difference between the revenue and the cost of goods
sold (COGS), divided by revenue. In other words, Gross Margin is a percentage
value, while Gross Profit is a monetary value. The valuable gross margin for
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR) is 70.90% and the profit margin is 8.90%
and the stock has gained 35.10% in 2019 to date.
U.S. traded shares of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR)’s monthly stock
performance is 5.05%, the quarterly performance is 14.76%, the half year
performance is calculated as 35.92%. The yearly performance of GWR is 24.70%.
The higher the volatility, the riskier the security. For example, when the
stock market rises and falls more than one percent over a sustained period of
time, it is called a “volatile” market, if the stock price stays
relatively stable, the security has low volatility. The Genesee & Wyoming
Inc. (NYSE:GWR) weekly volatility is measured as 1.57% and monthly volatility
measured as 1.98%.
Return on assets (ROA) is a main indicator of how profitable a company is
relative to its total assets. GWR return on assets is 2.60%, the return on
equity (ROE) of the Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR) is 5.90%, while the
most important return on investment is calculates as a percentage and is
typically used for personal financial decisions, and GWR return on investment
is 6.10%.
The price to earnings ratio is 28.30, price to sales ratio is 2.41, and price
to book ratio is 1.63, price to cash per share ration is 80.06, price to free
cash flow is 21.47.
Analysts mean target price for Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR) is $85.91
while analysts mean recommendation is 2.90. The current share price indicates
that stock is -1.17% away from its one year high and is moving 46.48% ahead of
its 52-week low. GWR’s distance from 20 day simple moving average is 3.41% and
distance from 50-Day simple moving average is 9.19%.
