The stock of Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN) has gone down by -3.19% for the week, with a -6.35% drop in the past month and a -11.64% drop in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.67%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are 3.33% for CFFN. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -6.73% for CFFN’s stock, with a simple moving average of -9.78% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ: CFFN) Right Now?
CFFN has 36-month beta value of 0.45. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 4 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for CFFN is 123.81M, and currently, short sellers hold a 4.82% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of CFFN on April 19, 2024 was 931.52K shares.
CFFN) stock’s latest price update
The stock price of Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ: CFFN) has jumped by 0.78 compared to previous close of 5.12. Despite this, the company has seen a fall of -3.19% in its stock price over the last five trading days. Zacks Investment Research reported 2024-03-11 that Capitol Federal (CFFN) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company’s earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.
Analysts’ Opinion of CFFN
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CFFN stocks, with Sidoti repeating the rating for CFFN by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for CFFN in the upcoming period, according to Sidoti is $15 based on the research report published on April 09, 2020 of the previous year 2020.
Stifel Nicolaus, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see CFFN reach a price target of $13.50. The rating they have provided for CFFN stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on April 17th, 2012.
Stifel Nicolaus gave a rating of “Buy” to CFFN, setting the target price at $14 in the report published on January 31st of the previous year.
CFFN Trading at -9.61% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CFFN to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -25.00% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.33%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.67%, as shares sank -10.26% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -12.69% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, CFFN fell by -3.19%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -17.57% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $5.50. In addition, Capitol Federal Financial saw -20.00% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CFFN starting from HUEY MORRIS J II, who purchase 4,000 shares at the price of $5.58 back on Mar 04 ’24. After this action, HUEY MORRIS J II now owns 275,000 shares of Capitol Federal Financial, valued at $22,320 using the latest closing price.
Jackson Rick C, the Executive Vice President of Capitol Federal Financial, purchase 10,000 shares at $5.68 during a trade that took place back on Mar 01 ’24, which means that Jackson Rick C is holding 181,428 shares at $56,799 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CFFN
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 3.6 for the present operating margin
- 1.0 for the gross margin
The net margin for Capitol Federal Financial stands at 2.75. The total capital return value is set at -0.03. Equity return is now at value -11.04, with -1.18 for asset returns.
Based on Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), the company’s capital structure generated 0.7 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.01. The debt to equity ratio resting at 2.29. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -0.71.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 70.19 million with net debt to EBITDA at 23.6. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of -65.36. The receivables turnover for the company is -10.65for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is -0.0. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.08.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
