The stock of Gates Industrial Corporation plc (NYSE: GTES) has increased by 2.22% when compared to last closing price of $23.38. Despite this, the company has experienced a 5.75% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. prnewswire.com reported 2025-05-13 that DENVER, May 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Gates Industrial Corporation plc (NYSE: GTES), a global manufacturer of innovative, highly engineered power transmission and fluid power solutions, today announced that the Company will attend the Wolfe Research Global Transportation & Industrials Conference in New York City on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. Brooks Mallard, Chief Financial Officer, will present at 9:35 AM Eastern Time.
Is It Worth Investing in Gates Industrial Corporation plc (NYSE: GTES) Right Now?
Gates Industrial Corporation plc (NYSE: GTES) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 28.94x compared to its average ratio. GTES has 36-month beta value of 1.24. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 6 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 2 as “overweight,” 3 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for GTES is 253.16M, and currently, short sellers hold a 2.19% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of GTES on July 03, 2025 was 2.15M shares.
GTES’s Market Performance
GTES stock saw an increase of 5.75% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 13.76% and a quarterly increase of 28.70%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.19%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.12% for Gates Industrial Corporation plc (GTES). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 7.04% for GTES stock, with a simple moving average of 18.42% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of GTES
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for GTES stocks, with Barclays repeating the rating for GTES by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for GTES in the upcoming period, according to Barclays is $25 based on the research report published on December 05, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Morgan Stanley, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see GTES reach a price target of $19. The rating they have provided for GTES stocks is “Equal-Weight” according to the report published on September 06th, 2024.
RBC Capital Mkts gave a rating of “Outperform” to GTES, setting the target price at $22 in the report published on August 19th of the previous year.
GTES Trading at 12.96% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought GTES to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was able to rebound, for now settling with 0.21% of gains for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at GTES starting from Eliasson Fredrik J, who purchase 60,000 shares at the price of $19.56 back on Mar 07 ’25. After this action, Eliasson Fredrik J now owns 188,452 shares of Gates Industrial Corporation plc, valued at $1,173,600 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for GTES
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.14 for the present operating margin
- 0.41 for the gross margin
The net margin for Gates Industrial Corporation plc stands at 0.06. The total capital return value is set at 0.08. Equity return is now at value 6.93, with 3.13 for asset returns.
Based on Gates Industrial Corporation plc (GTES), the company’s capital structure generated 0.44 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.17. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.8. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 3.75.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 478.7 million with net debt to EBITDA at 3.07. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.35. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.13for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.49. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 3.33.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Gates Industrial Corporation plc (GTES) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
