GeneDx Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: WGS) Becomes The New Buzzing Stock: Sports A Monthly Volatility Of 8.33%

GeneDx Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:WGS) does about 477.37K shares in volume on a normal day but saw 3245824 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 2.26B USD. Its current market price is $84.02, marking an increase of 49.88% compared to the previous close of $56.06. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $61.96 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $1.16. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $70 and a low of $21.

GeneDx Holdings Corp (WGS) has a 20-day trading average at $57.30 and the current price is 35.60% off the 52-week high compared with 7143.10% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $44.72 and its 200-day simple moving average is $24.40. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 11.25%, which decreases to 8.33% 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 81.19 to suggest the stock is overbought.

3 analysts observing the GeneDx Holdings Corp (WGS) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $21 and $70. The consensus objective for the share price is $76.67, suggesting that the stock has a potential downside of -9.59% over the period. The median price target is -112.71% away from the current levels at $39.5.

FactSet Research has provided data showing that 3 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 3 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 Moderate Buy the stock.

The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on August 28, 2024 when Wells Fargo initiated the stock to “Equal Weight” and issued a price target of $34. Jefferies resumed its price target at $21.

The current price level is 46.63%, 87.89%, and 244.36% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the WGS price moving below the 50-day SMA on current market day. GeneDx Holdings Corp (WGS) stock is up 45.39% over the week and 97.97% over the past month. Its price is 2955.27% year-to-date and 2777.40% over the past year.

Its 12-month price target is $39.5. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to shrink -9.59 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 $21, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $70.

The company has a return on investment of -38.26% and return on equity of -47.93%. The forward price to earnings ratio is 171.47. The beta has a value of 2.38. Price to book ratio is 11.66 and price to sales ratio is 9.29.