Is Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) A Risky Investment?

Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) finished Thursday with an addition of $0.02 to close at $22.09, an upside of 0.09 percent. An average of 1,951,512 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a gain of $0.92 in the past week, and it reached a new high 3 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 2,476,113 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 3,453,305.

VNO stock has increased by 3.13% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $20.53 on 08/18/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 02/02/23, shares of the company touched a low of $12.31 and a high of $28.50 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 14 times so far this year and achieved 6.15% or $1.21 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -22.49% from the 52-week high.

Valuation Metrics

Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) stock’s beta is 1.44. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 2.30, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 0.93.

The company’s most recent quarterly dividend payment was $0.3750 a share, representing a down of -29.25% from $0.53 last year. Its latest decrease dividend $0.1550 reported on Wednesday January 18 2023.

Financial Health

Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 1.82 and a total debt to equity ratio of 1.82 for the quarter ending June 29. Its gross profit as reported stood at $265.75 million compared to revenue of $1.8 billion.

Earnings Surprise

For the three-month period that ended June 29, Vornado Realty Trust had $5.72 billion in total debt. In the quarter under review, the net income was up than the previous quarter. The company posted a net income of $46.38 million in the quarter, while revenues of $5.17 million were shrunk -8.71%. The analyst consensus anticipated Vornado Realty Trust’s latest quarter earnings to come in at $0.05 per share, but it turned out to be $0.14, a 180.00% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to $212.61 million. At the end of the quarter ending June 29, Vornado Realty Trust’s stock balance sheet showed total debt was $9.07 billion. Shareholders own equity worth $190.54 million.

Technical Picture

From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 24 August was 56.28%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 33.45%.

As of today, VNO’s price is $21.66 +4.36% or $0.92 from its 5-day moving average. VNO is currently trading -0.59% lower than its 20-day SMA and +41.97% higher than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is +44.11% above the SMA50 and -3.97% below the SMA200.

The stochastic %K and %D were 48.19% and 37.53%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 0.77. With the 14-day stochastic at 48.46% and the average true range at 0.81, the RSI (14) stands at 57.83%. The stock has reached 0.58 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at 0.13.

Analyst Ratings

Piper Sandler downgraded Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) to a an Underweight rating in its most recent analyst report. Previously, the stock was rated as a Neutral. The consensus rating for Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) among analysts is Underweight. According to current brokerage recommendations, 6 brokerage firms advise that investors sell VNO, while 4 suggest investors hold. There are 0 analysts who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 1 analysts, while 1 others rate it as a “buy”.

What is VNO’s price target for the next 12 months?

Analysts predict a range of price targets between $12.00 and $25.00, with a median target of $17.00. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for Vornado Realty Trust (VNO) stock is $18.09.

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