(VIANEWS) - Shares of Genworth Financial (NYSE: GNW) rose by a staggering 22.38% in 10 sessions from $5.05 to $6.18 at 14:47 EST on Wednesday, following the last session's downward trend. NYSE is dropping 0.23% to $15,649.11, after two sequential sessions in a row of gains.
Genworth Financial's last close was $6.18, 3.44% below its 52-week high of $6.40.
About Genworth Financial
Genworth Financial, Inc. provides insurance products in the United States and internationally. It operates in three segments: Enact, U.S. Life Insurance, and Runoff. The Enact segment offers mortgage insurance products primarily insuring prime-based, individually underwritten residential mortgage loans; and pool mortgage insurance products. The U.S. Life Insurance segment offers long-term care insurance products; and service traditional life insurance and fixed annuity products in the United States. The Runoff segment includes variable annuity, variable life insurance, and corporate-owned life insurance, as well as funding agreements. It distributes its products through sales force, in-house sales representatives, and digital marketing programs. The company was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Genworth Financial has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.19.
PE Ratio
Genworth Financial has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 5.2. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $5.2 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company's return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder's equity, for the twelve trailing months is 5.47%.Volatility
Genworth Financial's last week, last month's, and last quarter's current intraday variation average was 1.74%, 1.24%, and 2.26%.
Genworth Financial's highest amplitude of average volatility was 1.74% (last week), 1.99% (last month), and 2.26% (last quarter).
Sales Growth
Genworth Financial's sales growth is negative 1.7% for the present quarter and negative 0.3% for the next.
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