Viad (VVI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Viad Corp provides hospitality, leisure activities, experiential marketing, and live events in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It operates in three segments: Pursuit, Spiro, and GES Exhibitions. The Pursuit segment offers recreational attractions, hotels and lodges, food and beverage, retail, sightseeing, and ground transportation services. This segment consists of Banff Jasper Collection, the Alaska Collection, the Glacier Park Collection, FlyOver, and Sky Lagoon. The Spiro segment operates as an experiential marketing agency that partners with brands around the world to manage and elevate their global experiential marketing activities. The GES Exhibition segment engages as an exhibition services company that partners with exhibition and conference organizers as a full-service provider of strategic and logistics solutions to manage the complexity of their shows. It serves event organizers and corporate brand marketers; and tour operators, tour wholesalers, destination management companies, and retail travel agencies. Viad Corp was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $35.85 to $36.58
• 50-Day Range: $31.40 to $37.40
• 52-Week Range: $22.88 to $40.27
• Volume: 32,961 shs
• Average Volume: 88,413 shs
• Market Capitalization: $761.66 million
• P/E Ratio: 138.65
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $41.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Viad Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Viad scored higher than 67% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 128th out of 331 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Viad has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Viad has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 34.55%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Viad are expected to grow by 34.55% in the coming year, from $1.10 to $1.48 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Viad is 138.65, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 132.82.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Viad is 138.65, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 42.97.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Viad has a PEG Ratio of 2.15. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Viad has a P/B Ratio of 5.69. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.13% of the float of Viad has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Viad has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Viad has recently decreased by 11.82%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Viad does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Viad does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Viad will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.03% next year. This indicates that Viad will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.13% of the float of Viad has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Viad has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.2, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Viad has recently decreased by 11.82%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Viad has a news sentiment score of 0.67. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Viad this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Viad to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Viad insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 4.10% of the stock of Viad is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

89.91% of the stock of Viad is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

VVI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have VVI shares performed this year?

Viad's stock was trading at $36.20 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, VVI stock has decreased by 0.4% and is now trading at $36.05.
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How were Viad's earnings last quarter?

Viad Corp (NYSE:VVI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 6th. The business services provider reported $0.97 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.77 by $0.20. The business services provider earned $378.54 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $358.72 million. Viad had a net margin of 2.30% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 29.43%.

Who are Viad's major shareholders?

Viad's top institutional shareholders include SG Americas Securities LLC (0.05%). Insiders that own company stock include Jeffrey A Stelmach, Denise M Coll, Ellen M Ingersoll and Steven W Moster.
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How do I buy shares of Viad?

Shares of VVI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Viad own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Viad investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Broadcom (AVGO), Meta Platforms (META), Arista Networks (ANET), Adobe (ADBE), General Electric (GE) and ServiceNow (NOW).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/06/2024
• Today: 10/17/2024
• Next Earnings (Confirmed): 11/07/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Business services, not elsewhere classified
• Sub-Industry: Diversified Support Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:VVI
• CUSIP: 92552R40
• CIK: 884219
• Web: www.viad.com
• Phone: (602) 207-1000
• Fax: 602-207-5834
• Employees: 4,035
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $41.50
• High Stock Price Target: $42.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $41.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +15.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($0.38)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 138.65
• Forward P/E Ratio: 32.77
• P/E Growth: 2.15
• Net Income: $16.02 million
• Net Margins: 2.30%
• Pretax Margin: 4.49%
• Return on Equity: 29.43%
• Return on Assets: 3.10%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 3.73
• Current Ratio: 1.07
• Quick Ratio: 1.02

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.31 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.58
• Cash Flow: $3.35 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.76
• Book Value: $6.34 per share
• Price / Book: 5.69

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 21,128,000
• Free Float: 20,296,000
• Market Cap: $761.66 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.04