Origin Materials Inc (ORGN): Uncovering A True Diamond In The Rough

Origin Materials Inc (NASDAQ:ORGN) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.87M but it saw 2303159 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 221.54M USD, the company’s current market price of $1.52 came falling about -3.80 while comparing to the previous closing price of $1.58. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $1.73 and as low as $0.44. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $1.3804 while lowest mark touched by it was $1.58.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Origin Materials Inc (ORGN) gives us an average price of $1.0228, while its current price level is -12.08% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 243.74% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $0.9693 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $0.8114. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 17.88% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 9.94%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 73.18 which implies that the stock is in overbought territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the BofA Securities which upgraded the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on August 16, 2024, recommending a price target of between $1.35 and $3 for it. Craig Hallum downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Hold” from “Buy” on August 11, 2023 while assigning a price target of $2. Credit Suisse issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $7.

Over the week, ORGN’s stock price is moving 68.89% up while it is 61.67% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 81.77% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 5.56%.

Currently, Origin Materials Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 145.71M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -3.24% and return on equity (ROE) at -3.30%. Stock’s beta reads 0.93. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.57 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 6.50. Its return on asset (ROA) is -2.85% on average.