ESAB (ESAB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ESAB in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" ESAB shares.
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8 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for ESAB's shares. Their ESAB share price targets range from $73.00 to $125.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $93.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.6%.
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ESAB's stock was trading at $86.62 at the beginning of the year. Since then, ESAB shares have increased by 22.4% and is now trading at $106.02.
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ESAB saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 428,600 shares, an increase of 21.6% from the March 15th total of 352,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 241,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2024.
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ESAB will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, May 1st at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

ESAB Co. (NYSE:ESAB) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 29th. The company reported $1.13 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.05 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $689.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $644.51 million. ESAB had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.57% and a net margin of 7.40%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.05 EPS.

ESAB announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 29th will be given a dividend of $0.06 per share on Friday, April 12th. This represents a $0.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.23%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 27th.
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ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.23%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 7.14%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ESAB will have a dividend payout ratio of 4.49% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of ESAB (NYSE:ESAB) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P Spin-Off ETF (CSD), Invesco S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth ETF (RFG), Pacer US Cash Cows Growth ETF (BUL), First Trust Mid Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (FNY), First Trust US Equity Opportunities ETF (FPX), John Hancock Multifactor Small Cap ETF (JHSC), Timothy Plan US Small Cap Core ETF (TPSC) and BNY Mellon US Small Cap Core Equity ETF (BKSE).

ESAB updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 4.650-4.850 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 4.810. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.7 billion-$2.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.7 billion.

ESAB's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.67%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.27%), Shilanski & Associates Inc. (0.03%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.02%), Diversified Trust Co (0.01%) and Handelsinvest Investeringsforvaltning (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher M Hix, Curtis E Jewell, Didier P Teirlinck, Kevin J Johnson, Michele Campion, Mitchell P Rales, Olivier Biebuyck, Patrick W Allender, Rajiv Vinnakota, Rhonda L Jordan and Shyam Kambeyanda.
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