Carvana Co (NYSE:CVNA) does about 2.96M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 9503207 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 56.54B USD. Its current market price is $260.80, marking an increase of 0.56% compared to the previous close of $259.36. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $263.61 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $29.84. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $470 and a low of $40.
Carvana Co (CVNA) has a 20-day trading average at $240.21 and the current price is -1.07% off the 52-week high compared with 773.99% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $206.11 and its 200-day simple moving average is $132.94. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 4.22%, which decreases to 4.14% 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 73.58 to suggest the stock is overbought.
25 analysts observing the Carvana Co (CVNA) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $40 and $470. The consensus objective for the share price is $252.89, suggesting that the stock has a potential downside of -3.13% over the period. The median price target is -28.79% away from the current levels at $202.5.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 25 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 2 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 12 analysts have rated it as a buy and 11 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 November 05, 2024 when Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock to “Equal-Weight” and issued a price target of between $110 and $260. Evercore ISI reiterated its price target at $142-$157.
The current price level is 8.57%, 26.53%, and 96.18% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the CVNA price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. Carvana Co (CVNA) stock is up 6.58% over the week and 28.77% over the past month. Its price is 392.63% year-to-date and 730.31% over the past year.
The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 9/30/2024, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of -1.75 below consensus estimates by -0.83. The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at 0.26 and 1.44 for whole year. Expected sales for next quarter are $3.64B, which analysts say will come at $13.41B for the current fiscal year and next year at $15.7B. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $3.26B.
Its 12-month price target is $202.5. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to shrink -3.13 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 $40, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $470.
Outstanding shares total 128.51M with insiders holding 2.86% of the shares and institutional holders owning 93.17% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 0.26% and return on equity of 3.58%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 31047.62 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 101.65. The beta has a value of 3.34. Price to book ratio is 53.97 and price to sales ratio is 4.51.
