PACS Group Inc. (NYSE: PACS) Gains 18.79% And Its 5.33% Stock Volatility Is Bewildering

PACS Group Inc. (NYSE:PACS) does about 423.97K shares in volume on a normal day but saw 934467 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 5.86B USD. Its current market price is $38.43, marking an increase of 18.79% compared to the previous close of $32.35. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $36.32 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $22.61. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $40 and a low of $30.

PACS Group Inc. (PACS) has a 20-day trading average at $34.07 and the current price is 5.81% off the 52-week high compared with 69.97% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $31.61. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 5.33%, which decreases to 4.37% 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 67.28 to suggest the stock is neutral.

The consensus objective for the share price is $37.57, suggesting that the stock has a potential downside of -2.29% over the period. The median price target is -14.72% away from the current levels at $33.5.

5 analysts have rated it as a buy and 0 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Buy and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Strong Buy the stock.

The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on June 28, 2024 when Macquarie initiated the stock to “Outperform” and issued a price target of $35. Stephens initiated its price target at $31.

PACS Group Inc. (PACS) stock is up 15.54% over the week and 20.85% over the past month. Its price is 67.09% year-to-date.

Its 12-month price target is $33.5. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to shrink -2.29 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $30, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $40.

The forward price to earnings ratio is 19.67. Price to book ratio is 10.24.