Quantum Corp (QMCO): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

Quantum Corp (NASDAQ:QMCO) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.04M but it saw 3200293 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 114.53M USD, the company’s current market price of $19.63 came falling about -0.83 while comparing to the previous closing price of $19.80. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $90.64 and as low as $2.22. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $18.8 while lowest mark touched by it was $22.84.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Quantum Corp (QMCO) gives us an average price of $13.86, while its current price level is -78.34% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 784.23% 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 $21.46 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $13.30. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 31.42% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 16.22%. 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 56.59 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

B. Riley Securities downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Neutral” from “Buy” on February 10, 2022 while assigning a price target range of $15-$4.

Over the week, QMCO’s stock price is moving 74.33% up while it is 28.22% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -63.59% down and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 36.34%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Feb-11, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of -1.17 while estimate for next year EPS is -5.17. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $70.07M as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $280.18M and seeing the company making $287.08M in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $65.85M for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Quantum Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 5.31M with 14.61% of that held by the insiders while 39.83% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Stock’s beta reads 2.60. Stock has a price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.40. Its return on asset (ROA) is -67.92% on average.