Core Scientific Inc (NASDAQ: CORZ) Recovers 424.14% From 52-Week Low, Is CORZ Still A High-Risk, High-Reward Play?

Core Scientific Inc (NASDAQ:CORZ) currently has a daily average trading volume of 11.17M but it saw 9430208 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 3.53B USD, the company’s current market price of $13.68 came rising about 1.18 while comparing to the previous closing price of $13.52. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $14.01 and as low as $2.61. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $13.5 while lowest mark touched by it was $14.065.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Core Scientific Inc (CORZ) gives us an average price of $12.63, while its current price level is -2.36% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 424.14% 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 $11.49. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 6.86% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 5.98%. 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 65.63 which implies that the stock is in neutral 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 Macquarie which initiated the stock as “Outperform” in its note to investors issued on September 25, 2024, recommending a price target of $16 for it. Needham also issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $16.

Over the week, CORZ’s stock price is moving 5.15% up while it is 10.77% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 297.67% up and over the past year.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in November, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of -0.09 while estimate for next year EPS is -3.15. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $107.58M as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $540.37M and seeing the company making $677.49M in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $102.42M for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Core Scientific Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 386.88M. It has a 41.06 of forward P/E ratio. Stock has a price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 6.14. Its return on asset (ROA) is -109.90% on average.