HashiCorp Inc (NASDAQ: HCP) Gains 1.44% And Its 4.08% Stock Volatility Is Bewildering

HashiCorp Inc (NASDAQ:HCP) does about 2.40M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 1891547 shares change hands in Friday trading. The company now has a market cap of 4.80B USD. Its current market price is $23.97, marking an increase of 1.44% compared to the previous close of $23.63. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $36.39 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $18.91.

HashiCorp Inc (HCP) has a 20-day trading average at $25.60 and the current price is -34.13% off the 52-week high compared with 26.76% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $25.44 and its 200-day simple moving average is $24.39. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 4.08%, which decreases to 3.18% 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 39.86 to suggest the stock is neutral.

The consensus objective for the share price is $28.29, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 15.27% over the period.

Scotiabank upgraded the stock to “Sector Outperform” from Sector Perform on March 12, 2024 at a price target of $31. Morgan Stanley upgraded its price target at $23-$30.

HashiCorp Inc (HCP) stock is down -2.36% over the week and -13.40% over the past month. Its price is 1.40% year-to-date and -16.89% over the past year.

The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 1/31/2024, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of $0.05 above consensus estimates by $0.04. HCP’s earnings per share are forecast to grow by 187.50% this year and 285.70% over next year. Expected sales for next quarter are $156.16 million, which analysts say will come at $645.56 million for the current fiscal year and next year at $754.72 million. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $153.15 million.

To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 15.27 percent from here.

The company has a return on investment of -15.59% and return on equity of -15.77%. The forward price to earnings ratio is 89.93. The beta has a value of 1.42. Price to book ratio is 3.94 and price to sales ratio is 8.24.