DraftKings Inc. (NASDAQ:DKNG) does about 11.84M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 9575671 shares change hands in Friday trading. The company now has a market cap of 22.35B USD. Its current market price is $47.20, marking a decrease of -1.56% compared to the previous close of $47.95. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $48.90 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $17.12.
DraftKings Inc. (DKNG) has a 20-day trading average at $43.16 and the current price is -3.48% off the 52-week high compared with 175.70% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $41.26 and its 200-day simple moving average is $33.48. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 4.52%, which decreases to 3.86% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 67.51 to suggest the stock is neutral.
The consensus objective for the share price is $50.60, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 6.72% over the period.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on February 28, 2024 when Morgan Stanley reiterated the stock to “Overweight” and issued a price target of between $40 and $49. Barclays upgraded the stock to “Overweight” from Equal Weight on February 23, 2024 at a price target of $41-$50. Oppenheimer reiterated its price target at $55-$60.
DraftKings Inc. (DKNG) stock is up 12.97% over the week and 15.57% over the past month. Its price is 33.90% year-to-date and 168.03% over the past year.
The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 12/30/2023, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of -$0.1 below consensus estimates by -$0.18. DKNG’s earnings per share are forecast to grow by 88.40% this year and 475.00% over next year. Expected sales for next quarter are $1.09 billion, which analysts say will come at $4.8 billion for the current fiscal year and next year at $5.67 billion. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $1.11 billion.
To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 6.72 percent from here.
Outstanding shares total 472.70M with insiders holding 4.91% of the shares and institutional holders owning 69.82% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of -36.88% and return on equity of -74.17%. The forward price to earnings ratio is 62.94. The beta has a value of 1.86. Price to book ratio is 26.55 and price to sales ratio is 6.10.
