After MKM Partners and Needham gave World Wrestling (NYSE: WWE) a Buy rating last month, the company received another Buy, this time from Benchmark Co. Analyst Mike Hickey maintained a Buy rating on World Wrestling today and set a price target of $50.00. The company’s shares closed last Friday at $44.81.
According to TipRanks.com, Hickey is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 4.0% and a 59.7% success rate. Hickey covers the Services sector, focusing on stocks such as National Cinemedia, AMC Entertainment, and Marcus.
Currently, the analyst consensus on World Wrestling is a Moderate Buy with an average price target of $50.07, which is an 8.7% upside from current levels. In a report issued on April 9, MKM Partners also maintained a Buy rating on the stock with a $48.00 price target.
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The company has a one-year high of $93.38 and a one-year low of $29.11. Currently, World Wrestling has an average volume of 2.35M.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 38 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of WWE in relation to earlier this year.
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World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. engages in the development, production and marketing of television and pay-per-view event programming and live events and the licensing and sale of consumer products featuring its brands. It operates through the following business segments: Digital Media, Live Events, Consumer Products Division, WWE Studios, and Corporate & Other. The Digital Media segment revenues consist principally of subscriptions to WWE Network, fees for viewing its pay-per-view and video-on-demand programming, and advertising fees. The Live Events segment revenues consist principally of ticket sales and travel packages for live events. The Consumer Products segment revenues consist principally of royalties or license fees related to various WWE themed products such as video games, toys and apparel. The WWE Studios segment revenues consist of amounts earned from the investing in producing and/or distributing of filmed entertainment. The Corporate & Other segment revenues consist of amounts earned from the investing in producing and/or distributing of filmed entertainment. The company was founded by Vincent K. McMahon in 1980 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.
