BlackBerry Ltd (NYSE:BB) does about 15.68M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 31178550 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 2.72B USD. Its current market price is $4.58, marking an increase of 0.88% compared to the previous close of $4.54. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $6.24 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $2.01. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $4.25 and a low of $3.75.
20 analysts observing the BlackBerry Ltd (BB) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $3.75 and $4.25. The consensus objective for the share price is $4.91, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 6.72% over the period. The median price target is -14.5% away from the current levels at $4.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 20 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 2 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 12 analysts have rated it as a buy and 6 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Buy 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 December 20, 2024 when TD Securities upgraded the stock to “Buy” and issued a price target of $4. RBC Capital Mkts reiterated its price target at $4.50-$4.
The current price level is 7.07%, 17.11%, and 28.75% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the BB price moving below the 50-day SMA on current market day. BlackBerry Ltd (BB) stock is up 6.02% over the week and 14.79% over the past month. Its price is 107.24% year-to-date and 21.16% over the past year.
Its 12-month price target is $4. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 6.72 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 $3.75, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $4.25.
Outstanding shares total 594.53M with insiders holding 1.75% of the shares and institutional holders owning 47.84% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of -4.83% and return on equity of -1.76%. The forward price to earnings ratio is 43.33. The beta has a value of 1.47. Price to book ratio is 3.76 and price to sales ratio is 4.94.
