Progyny Inc (NASDAQ: PGNY) Stock Increased 2.07% Last Week – That’s Proof That Its Volatility Isn’t Going Anywhere

Progyny Inc (NASDAQ:PGNY) does about 792.54K shares in volume on a normal day but saw 640091 shares change hands in Tuesday trading. The company now has a market cap of 3.57B USD. Its current market price is $37.04, marking an increase of 0.11% compared to the previous close of $37.00. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $44.95 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $29.44.

Progyny Inc (PGNY) has a 20-day trading average at $35.88 and the current price is -17.60% off the 52-week high compared with 25.82% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $37.88 and its 200-day simple moving average is $36.52. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 2.69%, which increases to 3.48% 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 50.91 to suggest the stock is neutral.

The consensus objective for the share price is $47.10, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 21.36% over the period.

The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on February 26, 2024 when Leerink Partners initiated the stock to “Outperform” and issued a price target of $49. Canaccord Genuity initiated its price target at $46.

Progyny Inc (PGNY) stock is up 2.07% over the week and -7.10% over the past month. Its price is -0.38% year-to-date and 11.90% 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 $0.13 above consensus estimates by $0.02. PGNY’s earnings per share are forecast to grow by 12.90% this year and 42.90% over next year. Expected sales for next quarter are $335.76 million, which analysts say will come at $1.3 billion for the current fiscal year and next year at $1.56 billion. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $289.46 million.

To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 21.36 percent from here.

Outstanding shares total 95.73M with insiders holding 1.13% of the shares and institutional holders owning 100.70% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 10.87% and return on equity of 13.34%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 60.05 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 37.32. The beta has a value of 1.47. Price to book ratio is 6.41 and price to sales ratio is 3.28.