E.W. Scripps Co (NASDAQ: SSP) Stock Increased 14.55% Last Week – That’s Proof That Its Volatility Isn’t Going Anywhere

E.W. Scripps Co (NASDAQ:SSP) does about 772.16K shares in volume on a normal day but saw 758901 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 210.72M USD. Its current market price is $2.44, marking an increase of 3.39% compared to the previous close of $2.36. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $9.35 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $1.68.

E.W. Scripps Co (SSP) has a 20-day trading average at $2.02 and the current price is -73.90% off the 52-week high compared with 45.24% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $2.38 and its 200-day simple moving average is $2.87. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 7.35%, which increases to 7.63% 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 59.71 to suggest the stock is neutral.

The consensus objective for the share price is $5.20, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 53.08% over the period.

FactSet Research has provided data showing that 1 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 0 analysts have rated it as a buy and 1 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Hold 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 09, 2022 when Wells Fargo downgraded the stock to “Equal Weight” and issued a price target of between $20 and $11. The Benchmark Company reiterated its price target at $25-$24.

The current price level is 20.94%, 2.43%, and -15.08% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the SSP price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. E.W. Scripps Co (SSP) stock is up 14.55% over the week and 4.27% over the past month. Its price is -69.46% year-to-date and -68.68% over the past year.

The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at 0.96 and 1.07 for whole year. Expected sales for next quarter are $529.87M, which analysts say will come at $2.51B for the current fiscal year and next year at $2.21B. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $723.84M.

To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 53.08 percent from here.

Outstanding shares total 74.43M with insiders holding 17.42% of the shares and institutional holders owning 78.35% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of -6.44% and return on equity of -15.64%. The beta has a value of 1.51. Price to book ratio is 0.26 and price to sales ratio is 0.09.