Newmark Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NMRK) Short Interest Update

Newmark Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NMRK) was the target of a large growth in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 5,576,811 shares, a growth of 21.1% from the February 26th total of 4,606,674 shares. Approximately 3.1% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 1,886,481 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their price objective on shares of Newmark Group from $22.00 to $18.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 2nd. Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of Newmark Group from $21.00 to $19.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, March 13th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating on shares of Newmark Group in a report on Thursday, December 18th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Newmark Group in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Newmark Group from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $17.80.

Newmark Group Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ NMRK opened at $15.04 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $15.39 and its 200-day simple moving average is $16.88. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.77 billion, a PE ratio of 22.12 and a beta of 1.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.39, a quick ratio of 0.51 and a current ratio of 0.51. Newmark Group has a fifty-two week low of $9.65 and a fifty-two week high of $19.83.

Newmark Group (NASDAQ:NMRK) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 25th. The company reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $1.01 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $998.86 million. Newmark Group had a return on equity of 24.97% and a net margin of 3.83%.The company’s revenue was up 15.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.55 earnings per share. Newmark Group has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.820-1.920 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Newmark Group will post 1.45 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Newmark Group Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th were issued a dividend of $0.03 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 13th. This represents a $0.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. Newmark Group’s payout ratio is 17.65%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in NMRK. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Newmark Group by 88.9% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,520,314 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,622,000 after acquiring an additional 1,186,191 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in Newmark Group by 2.3% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 2,481,417 shares of the company’s stock worth $30,199,000 after acquiring an additional 55,628 shares in the last quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. raised its holdings in shares of Newmark Group by 422.0% during the 4th quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 2,039,976 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,373,000 after purchasing an additional 1,649,189 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in Newmark Group by 32.1% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,793,401 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,447,000 after purchasing an additional 435,646 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in Newmark Group by 5.6% in the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,673,354 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,208,000 after purchasing an additional 88,647 shares in the last quarter. 58.42% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Newmark Group

Newmark Group, Inc is a publicly traded commercial real estate advisory firm headquartered in New York City. The company provides a comprehensive suite of services to real estate investors, occupiers and developers, including leasing advisory, property management, capital markets placement, loan servicing, valuation and advisory services. Newmark’s platform integrates local market expertise with national reach to support clients across diverse property types such as office, industrial, retail, multifamily and specialty assets.

Operating across two principal segments—global corporate services and capital markets & property-level services—Newmark delivers tailored solutions encompassing tenant representation, landlord leasing, investment sales, debt and equity financing, and appraisal services.