Savers Value Village (NYSE:SVV) CEO Sells $1,220,000.00 in Stock

Savers Value Village, Inc. (NYSE:SVV) CEO Mark Walsh sold 100,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $12.20, for a total value of $1,220,000.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 47,363 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $577,828.60. This trade represents a 67.86% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Savers Value Village Price Performance

Shares of SVV traded down $1.11 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $10.69. 10,168,193 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,121,049. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.64, a current ratio of 0.79 and a quick ratio of 0.59. The company has a market capitalization of $1.65 billion, a PE ratio of 66.82 and a beta of 1.21. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $9.99 and a 200-day simple moving average of $9.25. Savers Value Village, Inc. has a one year low of $6.91 and a one year high of $13.89.

Savers Value Village (NYSE:SVV) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.14. Savers Value Village had a return on equity of 14.73% and a net margin of 1.42%.The company had revenue of $448.22 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $449.00 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.14 earnings per share. Savers Value Village’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Savers Value Village has set its FY 2026 guidance at 0.470-0.530 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Savers Value Village, Inc. will post 0.35 earnings per share for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Savers Value Village

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SVV. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Savers Value Village in the 2nd quarter valued at $28,470,000. Capital Research Global Investors increased its position in Savers Value Village by 72.9% during the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 3,330,459 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,106,000 after buying an additional 1,403,909 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its holdings in Savers Value Village by 89.2% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,150,724 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,937,000 after buying an additional 1,013,875 shares in the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership raised its holdings in Savers Value Village by 118.3% during the first quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 1,745,540 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,987,000 after buying an additional 945,823 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in shares of Savers Value Village by 52.3% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,431,252 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,367,000 after buying an additional 491,407 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.78% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have commented on SVV. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Savers Value Village in a research note on Tuesday, August 4th. BTIG Research dropped their target price on shares of Savers Value Village from $18.00 to $15.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Piper Sandler upped their price target on shares of Savers Value Village from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $11.00 price objective on shares of Savers Value Village in a research note on Friday, August 7th. Finally, Robert W. Baird cut their target price on shares of Savers Value Village from $13.00 to $12.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $14.00.

Savers Value Village Company Profile

Savers Value Village, Inc (NYSE: SVV) is a publicly traded thrift retailer that operates a network of donation-based retail stores. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, the company specializes in selling second-hand apparel, footwear, household items, accessories and other pre-owned goods. Through its retail stores, SVV offers value-conscious shoppers the opportunity to purchase quality, gently used merchandise at affordable prices.

At the heart of the company’s model is a partnership network with more than 500 nonprofit organizations across North America.