Despegar.com Corp (NYSE:DESP) does about 1.24M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 894135 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 819.13M USD. Its current market price is $12.29, marking an increase of 2.93% compared to the previous close of $11.94. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $15.82 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $6.09. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $19 and a low of $8.
Despegar.com Corp (DESP) has a 20-day trading average at $10.80 and the current price is -22.31% off the 52-week high compared with 101.81% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $12.12 and its 200-day simple moving average is $10.96. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 4.27%, which increases to 5.12% 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 59.73 to suggest the stock is neutral.
6 analysts observing the Despegar.com Corp (DESP) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $8 and $19. The consensus objective for the share price is $17.50, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 29.77% over the period. The median price target is 10.62% away from the current levels at $13.75.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 6 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 4 analysts have rated it as a buy and 2 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 April 29, 2024 when Citigroup downgraded the stock to “Neutral” and issued a price target of between $11.50 and $14.50. Morgan Stanley upgraded its price target at $6.50-$13.
The current price level is 14.08%, 1.19%, and 12.37% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the DESP price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. Despegar.com Corp (DESP) stock is up 13.48% over the week and 2.93% over the past month. Its price is 29.92% year-to-date and 56.96% over the past year.
The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 6/30/2024, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of 0 below consensus estimates by -0.07. The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at 0.22 and 0.7 for whole year. Expected sales for next quarter are $213.03M, which analysts say will come at $765.2M for the current fiscal year and next year at $847.72M. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $190.53M.
Its 12-month price target is $13.75. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 29.77 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 $8, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $19.
Outstanding shares total 66.65M with insiders holding 26.89% of the shares and institutional holders owning 99.34% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 17.68%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 61450.00 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 11.97. The beta has a value of 1.99. Price to sales ratio is 1.11.
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