Analysts await Shoe Carnival, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCVL) to report earnings on Mar, 17 for the fiscal quarter ending Jan 2016.

They expect $0.14 EPS, down 7.14% or $0.01 from last year’s $0.15 per share.

At the moment 5 analysts are watching Shoe Carnival, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCVL), 0 rate it “Buy”, 3 “Outperform”, 2 “Underperform”, 0 “Sell”, while 0 “Hold”.

Looking forward, for the quarter ending Apr-16, 3 analysts have a mean sales target of 262.42 million. For the quarter ending Jul-16, 3 analysts have a mean sales target of 240.24 million whilst for the year ending Jan-16, 4 analysts have a mean target of 983.36 million.

In terms of earnings per share, 3 analysts have a 0.57 EPS mean target for the quarter ending Apr-16, for the quarter ending Jul-16, 3 analysts have a 0.28 EPS mean target and for the quarter ending Jul-16 there are 5 estimates of 1.40 EPS.

The biggest institutional shareholders in Shoe Carnival, Inc. include Royce & Associates, LLC which owns 3 million shares in the company valued at $67.60 million. Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc. is the second biggest holder with 2 million shares currently valued at 41.43 million whilst Wellington Management Group, LLP has 1 million shares valued at 38.43 million.

Total shares held by institutions as of the most recent company filings are 9,882,779 with a reported 310,995 bought and 444,163 sold. These holdings make up 49.54% of the company’s outstanding shares.

Currently insiders hold 2,984,830 shares in the business which makes up 14.96% of shares. The biggest holder currently is J. Wayne Weaver who owns 1,666,615 shares (8.35% of those outstanding), whilst Mark L. Lemond holds 709,511 (3.56% of shares outstanding) and Clifton E. Sifford holds 208,520 (1.05% of shares outstanding).

The stock decreased 2.49% or $0.62 during the last trading session, hitting $24.34. Shoe Carnival, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCVL) has fallen 3.62% over the past 6 months and is downtrending.