Core Scientific Inc (NASDAQ:CORZ) does about 10.47M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 8899791 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 5.06B USD. Its current market price is $18.11, marking a decrease of -0.66% compared to the previous close of $18.23. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $18.35 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $2.61. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $17 and a low of $3.
Core Scientific Inc (CORZ) has a 20-day trading average at $15.65 and the current price is -1.33% off the 52-week high compared with 593.87% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $13.80 and its 200-day simple moving average is $8.36. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 7.56%, which decreases to 6.67% 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 69.51 to suggest the stock is neutral.
6 analysts observing the Core Scientific Inc (CORZ) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $3 and $17. The consensus objective for the share price is $19.58, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 7.51% over the period. The median price target is -16.84% away from the current levels at $15.5.
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. 6 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 Strong Buy the stock.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on November 15, 2024 when ROTH MKM initiated the stock to “Buy” and issued a price target of $25.50. Macquarie initiated its price target at $16.
The current price level is 15.75%, 31.19%, and 116.75% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the CORZ price moving below the 50-day SMA on current market day. Core Scientific Inc (CORZ) stock is up 16.09% over the week and 35.45% over the past month. Its price is 426.45% year-to-date.
Its 12-month price target is $15.5. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 7.51 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 $3, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $17.
Outstanding shares total 386.88M with insiders holding 10.76% of the shares and institutional holders owning 67.73% of the company’s common stock. The forward price to earnings ratio is 119.05. Price to sales ratio is 9.07.
