Hut 8 Corp (NASDAQ:HUT) does about 5.69M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 7375009 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 2.43B USD. Its current market price is $25.93, marking a decrease of -7.46% compared to the previous close of $28.02. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $30.17 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $6.18. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $32 and a low of $8.
Hut 8 Corp (HUT) has a 20-day trading average at $23.37 and the current price is -14.05% off the 52-week high compared with 319.58% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $17.41 and its 200-day simple moving average is $12.51. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 11.99%, which decreases to 11.35% 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 61.31 to suggest the stock is neutral.
12 analysts observing the Hut 8 Corp (HUT) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $8 and $32. The consensus objective for the share price is $31.83, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 18.54% over the period. The median price target is -85.21% away from the current levels at $14.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 12 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 1 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 9 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 August 14, 2024 when H.C. Wainwright upgraded the stock to “Buy” and issued a price target of between $7.50 and $13.50. Craig Hallum also upgraded the stock to “Buy” from Hold on May 16, 2024 at a price target of $12. The Benchmark Company initiated its price target at $12.
The current price level is 10.96%, 48.90%, and 107.33% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the HUT price moving below the 50-day SMA on current market day. Hut 8 Corp (HUT) stock is up 0.04% over the week and 64.22% over the past month. Its price is 94.38% year-to-date and 172.95% over the past year.
The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at -0.05 and 0 for whole year. Expected sales for next quarter are $45.81M, which analysts say will come at $170.07M for the current fiscal year and next year at $279.69M. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $39.49M.
Its 12-month price target is $14. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 18.54 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 $32.
Outstanding shares total 93.51M with insiders holding 58.67% of the shares and institutional holders owning 60.60% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 19.51% and return on equity of 40.01%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 12.92 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 264.59. The beta has a value of 3.55. Price to book ratio is 3.44 and price to sales ratio is 14.31.
