Intuit Inc (NASDAQ: INTU)’s stock price has increased by 3.46 compared to its previous closing price of 609.77. However, the company has seen a 3.17% increase in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. PYMNTS reported 2024-04-22 that Global bank payment company GoCardless has launched an integration with Intuit QuickBooks in the United States. This regional integration builds on the existing relationship the two companies have in the United Kingdom, GoCardless said in a Monday (April 22) press release.
Is It Worth Investing in Intuit Inc (NASDAQ: INTU) Right Now?
Intuit Inc (NASDAQ: INTU) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 64.48x compared to its average ratio. INTU has 36-month beta value of 1.23. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 3 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 6 as “overweight,” 11 as “hold,” and 2 as “sell.”
The public float for INTU is 272.02M, and currently, short sellers hold a 1.25% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of INTU on April 24, 2024 was 1.24M shares.
INTU’s Market Performance
INTU stock saw a decrease of 3.17% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -2.00% and a quarterly a decrease of -0.78%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.10%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.89% for Intuit Inc (INTU). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 0.53% for INTU stock, with a simple moving average of 10.51% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of INTU
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for INTU stocks, with Susquehanna repeating the rating for INTU by listing it as a “Positive.” The predicted price for INTU in the upcoming period, according to Susquehanna is $700 based on the research report published on December 15, 2023 of the previous year 2023.
HSBC Securities, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see INTU reach a price target of $520. The rating they have provided for INTU stocks is “Hold” according to the report published on September 29th, 2023.
Exane BNP Paribas gave a rating of “Neutral” to INTU, setting the target price at $532 in the report published on July 19th of the previous year.
INTU Trading at -1.76% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought INTU to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -5.98% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.89%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.10%, as shares sank -1.28% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -4.14% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, INTU rose by +3.17%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +40.76% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $627.14. In addition, Intuit Inc saw 0.94% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at INTU starting from Balazs Alex G., who sale 280 shares at the price of $636.38 back on Mar 20 ’24. After this action, Balazs Alex G. now owns 0 shares of Intuit Inc, valued at $178,246 using the latest closing price.
McLean Kerry J, the EVP, Gen. Counsel & Corp.Sec. of Intuit Inc, sale 3,692 shares at $663.84 during a trade that took place back on Feb 27 ’24, which means that McLean Kerry J is holding 22,948 shares at $2,450,892 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for INTU
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.23 for the present operating margin
- 0.78 for the gross margin
The net margin for Intuit Inc stands at 0.18. The total capital return value is set at 0.15. Equity return is now at value 16.92, with 9.74 for asset returns.
Based on Intuit Inc (INTU), the company’s capital structure generated 0.28 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.76. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.38. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 12.86.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 4.04 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 1.15. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 12.04. The receivables turnover for the company is 7.27for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.51. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.17.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Intuit Inc (INTU) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
