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Why Global Industrial (GIC) Shares Are Trading Lower Today

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What Happened?

Shares of industrial and commercial distributor Global Industrial (NYSE:GIC) fell 22.9% in the morning session after the company reported underwhelming third-quarter earnings, with its revenue, EBITDA, and EPS falling short of Wall Street's estimates. Management added, "Third quarter results reflect a weak demand environment and continued softness in our core small and medium business customer base..." Overall, this was a weaker quarter.

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What The Market Is Telling Us

Global Industrial’s shares are not very volatile and have only had 3 moves greater than 5% over the last year. Moves this big are rare for Global Industrial and indicate this news significantly impacted the market’s perception of the business.

Global Industrial is down 31.6% since the beginning of the year, and at $26.51 per share, it is trading 43.1% below its 52-week high of $46.59 from March 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Global Industrial’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $1,198.

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