Wall Street has turned sour heading into Tuesday's print. Six firms cut price targets in April alone as short interest creeps higher.
Short interest stands at 12.7% of free float as of April 23, up 2.0% over the past week. The position has climbed 1.6% over the month, reaching 42.2 million shares. Days to cover sits at 7.75 based on official FINRA data through April 15. Cost to borrow has eased to 0.39%, down 19% over the week. Utilisation remains moderate at 21.3%, well below the 52-week high of 30.9%.
The put/call ratio reads 0.549, sitting just above the 20-day mean of 0.540. The z-score of 0.35 suggests neutral sentiment. PCR has ranged between 0.34 and 1.03 over the past year, placing current activity in the middle of that band.
Consensus rating data is unavailable. The average price target stands at $114.86, but recent action tells a different story. Barclays' Lauren Lieberman cut her target to $99 from $105 on April 14 while maintaining Equal-Weight. B of A Securities' Anna Lizzul lowered her Buy-rated target to $120 from $130 on April 10. Wells Fargo, UBS, Deutsche Bank, and Piper Sandler all trimmed targets between late March and early April. The flurry of cuts preceded the earnings date by just weeks. Benzinga's bull case notes 's strong brand portfolio and diversified revenue stream. The bear case flags a -2.8% February retail sales decline and lowered EPS projections.
The P/E ratio stands at 13.0, down 0.06 points over the past month. EV/EBITDA has risen 0.14 points to 10.4 over the same period. Factor scores show 65th percentile positioning on 12-month forward EPS growth and 90th percentile on dividend score. EPS momentum ranks in the 23rd percentile over 30 days and 33rd over 90 days.
Insiders bought $1.69 million net over the past 90 days, led by Director Samuel Maclin's $1.04 million purchase on February 9. Vanguard holds 12.3% of shares, up 4.0 million in Q1. BlackRock added 633,000 shares to reach 8.7%. Massachusetts Financial Services boosted its stake by 2.6 million shares.
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