BlackRock TCP Capital Corp (NASDAQ: TCPC): Retirees Don’t Worry About Volatility

BlackRock TCP Capital Corp (NASDAQ:TCPC) currently has a daily average trading volume of 619.54K but it saw 1318242 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 816.54M USD, the company’s current market price of $9.54 came rising about 1.38 while comparing to the previous closing price of $9.41. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $12.18 and as low as $7.71. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $9.41 while lowest mark touched by it was $9.72.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of BlackRock TCP Capital Corp (TCPC) gives us an average price of $9.20, while its current price level is -21.67% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 23.74% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $8.65 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $9.74. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.13% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.11%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 66.78 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Wells Fargo which downgraded the stock as “Underweight” in its note to investors issued on August 26, 2024, recommending a price target of between $8.50 and $8 for it. Oppenheimer also issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $13 and $11.

Over the week, TCPC’s stock price is moving 3.70% up while it is 11.06% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -17.33% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -20.84%.

Currently, BlackRock TCP Capital Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 85.59M. It has a 6.62 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.55. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.80 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.51.