Shares of Genesee & Wyoming Inc (NYSE:GWR) have earned a consensus rating of "Hold" from the thirteen analysts that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, eight have given a hold recommendation, two have given a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year price target among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $83.63.
GWR has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Stephens cut shares of Genesee & Wyoming from an "overweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and cut their target price for the stock from $95.00 to $83.00 in a report on Thursday, January 3rd. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Genesee & Wyoming from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a report on Thursday, January 3rd. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on shares of Genesee & Wyoming from $73.00 to $70.00 and set an "underweight" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 7th. Finally, Cowen reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $87.00 target price (down previously from $92.00) on shares of Genesee & Wyoming in a report on Thursday, February 7th.
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in GWR. Quantamental Technologies LLC acquired a new position in shares of Genesee & Wyoming during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $89,000. Ancora Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Genesee & Wyoming during the third quarter valued at approximately $100,000. Cadence Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Genesee & Wyoming during the third quarter valued at approximately $214,000. Oakbrook Investments LLC acquired a new position in shares of Genesee & Wyoming during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $244,000. Finally, Virtu Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of Genesee & Wyoming during the third quarter valued at approximately $279,000. 96.38% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Shares of GWR stock traded down $0.12 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $85.74. 12,647 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 507,887. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.67, a quick ratio of 1.19 and a current ratio of 1.30. Genesee & Wyoming has a one year low of $67.61 and a one year high of $92.91. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.42, a PEG ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 1.58.
Genesee & Wyoming (NYSE:GWR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 6th. The transportation company reported $1.00 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.89 by $0.11. Genesee & Wyoming had a net margin of 10.41% and a return on equity of 6.19%. The business had revenue of $575.60 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $570.71 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.77 earnings per share. The company's quarterly revenue was up .7% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts forecast that Genesee & Wyoming will post 4.4 EPS for the current year.