LanzaTech Global Inc (LNZA): The Latest Casualty Of Increased Volatility?

LanzaTech Global Inc (NASDAQ:LNZA) does about 313.81K shares in volume on a normal day but saw 593845 shares change hands in Friday trading. The company now has a market cap of 535.88M USD. Its current market price is $2.71, marking a decrease of -5.57% compared to the previous close of $2.87. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $8.70 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $1.86.

LanzaTech Global Inc (LNZA) has a 20-day trading average at $2.76 and the current price is -68.85% off the 52-week high compared with 45.70% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $2.96 and its 200-day simple moving average is $4.56. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 15.46%, which decreases to 10.17% 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 48.83 to suggest the stock is neutral.

The consensus objective for the share price is $6.00, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 54.83% over the period.

The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on March 15, 2024 when Seaport Research Partners initiated the stock to “Buy” and issued a price target of $5. ROTH MKM initiated its price target at $8.

LanzaTech Global Inc (LNZA) stock is up 21.52% over the week and -12.58% over the past month. Its price is -46.12% year-to-date and -20.29% over the past year.

To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 54.83 percent from here.

The company has a return on investment of -102.93% and return on equity of -104.25%. The beta has a value of 1.58. Price to book ratio is 4.66 and price to sales ratio is 8.56.