Nordstrom Inc. (JWN) Shares: Cheap or Risky?

Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE:JWN) saw an upside of 1.34% to close Monday at $14.32 after adding $0.19 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 3,239,180 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $14.73 in the past week and touched a new high 2 times within the past 5 days. An average of 5,085,605 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 4,947,894.

JWN’s 1-month performance is -14.86% or -$1.20 on its low of $13.96 reached on 09/25/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $14.00 and high of $27.15, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 02/03/23. YTD, JWN has lost -11.28% or -$1.82 and has reached a new high 13 times. However, the current price is down -47.26% from the 52-week high price.

Insider Transactions

JWN stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Jun 30.Redwine Farrell B. (Chief Human Resources Officer) most recently sold 33,364 shares at $20.37 per share on Jun 30. This transaction cost the insider $679,561. Chief Merchandising Officer, Bariquit Teri, sold 25,000 shares at a price of $19.51 on Jun 09. Then, on Feb 02, Chief Customer Officer Worzel Ken sold 28,645 shares at a price of $21.00 per share. This transaction amounted to $601,528.

Valuation Metrics

JWN stock has a beta of 2.34. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 0.16 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 3.44, with the price to cash flow ratio at 2.81.

Nordstrom Inc.’s quick ratio for the period ended July 30 was 0.43, with the current ratio over the same period at 0.99. As well, the company’s long term debt to equity for the quarter ending July 30 was 5.94, while the total debt to equity was 6.64. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 35.83%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is 8.64% while for the period ending July 30, Nordstrom Inc.’s operating margin was 1.30%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $5.51 billion against revenue of $15.53 billion.

Earnings Surprise

For the quarterly period ending July 30 this year, Net income and sales went up compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income grew 8.03% to $137.0 million, while revenue of -$205.0 million was 249.64% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected JWN to announce $0.44 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted $0.84, representing a 90.90% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than $376.0 million. JWN stock balance sheet for the quarter ending July 30 shows that total liabilities totaled 8.13 billion, with total debt at $4.47 billion. Shareholders hold equity totaling $161.68 million.

Let’s look briefly at Nordstrom Inc. (JWN) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 25 September was 31.22% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 20.54%.

The stock’s 5-day moving average is $14.34, reflecting a -1.45% or -$0.21 change from its current price. JWN is currently trading -7.73% above its 20-day SMA, -3.76% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by -27.79% and SMA200 by-22.17%.

Stochastic %K and %D was 14.45% and 13.85% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 0.51. The RSI (14) points at 29.41%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 26.76% with the period’s ATR at 0.57. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -0.24 and -0.26 on the 14-day charts.

Analyst Ratings

In the most recent analyst report for Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN), Telsey Advisory Group reiterated its a Market perform rating for the company but lifted their price target by $21 to $19. Analysts offering their rating for JWN stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Hold. Currently, 4 brokerage advisors rate JWN as a “sell,”, while 11 advise that investors “Hold.” 1 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 0 rates the stock as overweight while 3 have offered a “buy” rating.

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

Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $11.00 and a high of $22.00, with their median price target at $19.00. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for Nordstrom Inc. (JWN) stock is $18.27.

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