J. W. Mays (NASDAQ:MAYS) Stock Price Passes Below 50-Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

J. W. Mays, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAYS) passed below its fifty day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of $41.72 and traded as low as $39.44. J. W. Mays shares last traded at $40.23, with a volume of 52,717 shares traded.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of J. W. Mays in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Sell”.

J. W. Mays Stock Up 0.6%

The stock has a fifty day moving average of $41.72 and a two-hundred day moving average of $41.57. The company has a quick ratio of 2.36, a current ratio of 2.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The stock has a market cap of $81.26 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -69.36 and a beta of 0.17.

J. W. Mays (NASDAQ:MAYS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, June 11th. The financial services provider reported ($0.11) EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $5.31 million for the quarter. J. W. Mays had a negative return on equity of 2.21% and a negative net margin of 5.37%.

About J. W. Mays

J.W. Mays, Inc (NASDAQ: MAYS) is a New York–based real estate holding company that traces its roots to the department store chain founded by Joseph Wesley Mays in 1924. After winding down its retail operations in the early 1980s, the company redeployed its capital into property ownership, repositioning itself as a landlord and property manager focused on income‐producing real estate assets.

The company’s core business activities include acquisition, leasing and management of commercial, retail and multi-family residential properties.