Corporate insiders at Shoe Carnival, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCVL) have decreased their position in the stock by -3.75% over the past 6 months. Insiders now own 0.60% of total outstanding shares.
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TECHNICAL INDICATORS
Shoe Carnival, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCVL) stands -1.53% away from its 50-day simple moving average and also 18.77% away from the 200-day average. Recently, the equity stands -15.71% away from the 52-week high and 80.53% from the 52-week low. The RSI (Relative Strength Index), an indicator that indicates price strength by comparing upward and downward close-to-close movements is 50.18.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
The consensus analysts recommendation at this point stands at 2.00 for Shoe Carnival, Inc.. This is based on a 1-5 scale where 1 reveals a Strong Buy and 5 a Strong Sell. Further, analysts have a 12 month target price of $44.00 on outfit shares. This is according to the analysts polled by Thomson Reuters which have recently published diligence work reports on the company.
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