Media headlines about Lawson Products (NASDAQ:LAWS) have trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Lawson Products earned a news sentiment score of 0.23 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news articles about the industrial products company an impact score of 47.6889459291379 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the near term.
These are some of the media stories that may have impacted Accern Sentiment Analysis’s scoring:
- Domo Selected to Optimize Decision Making and Performance for Lawson’s Online Shopping Business (domo.com)
- LAWSON PRODUCTS INC/NEW/DE/ : Change in Directors or Principal Officers (form 8-K) (4-traders.com)
- Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS) SVP Sells $10,048.80 in Stock (americanbankingnews.com)
- Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS) Expected to Announce Quarterly Sales of $74.16 Million (americanbankingnews.com)
- Brokerages Expect Lawson Products, Inc. (LAWS) to Post $0.20 Earnings Per Share (americanbankingnews.com)
Several brokerages have recently commented on LAWS. ValuEngine upgraded shares of Lawson Products from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, June 2nd. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Lawson Products from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 12th.
Lawson Products (NASDAQ:LAWS) opened at 23.25 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $206.32 million, a PE ratio of 39.14 and a beta of 1.47. Lawson Products has a 1-year low of $15.28 and a 1-year high of $28.10. The company’s 50-day moving average is $22.09 and its 200 day moving average is $22.68.
Lawson Products (NASDAQ:LAWS) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 27th. The industrial products company reported $0.20 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.10 by $0.10. The business had revenue of $75.01 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $72.41 million. Lawson Products had a net margin of 1.85% and a return on equity of 2.54%. Equities analysts predict that Lawson Products will post $0.54 earnings per share for the current year.
In other news, major shareholder Private Discipline Master Lkcm acquired 13,653 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 26th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $19.87 per share, with a total value of $271,285.11. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Neil E. Jenkins sold 5,662 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $22.48, for a total transaction of $127,281.76. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 12,607 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $283,405.36. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders bought 15,767 shares of company stock valued at $311,557 and sold 16,690 shares valued at $357,279. 18.20% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
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About Lawson Products
Lawson Products, Inc is a distributor of products and services the industrial, commercial, institutional and government maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) market. The Company’s product categories include fastening systems, fluid power, specialty chemicals, cutting tools and abrasives, electrical, aftermarket automotive supplies, safety, welding and metal repair, and other.
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