PowerSchool Holdings Inc (NYSE: PWSC)’s stock price has gone decline by -2.83 in comparison to its previous close of 17.32, however, the company has experienced a -4.21% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading days. Zacks Investment Research reported 2024-04-16 that PowerSchool Holdings, Inc. PWSC introduced innovative AI solutions aimed at easing teacher workloads and enhancing student learning. These solutions, named PowerBuddy for Learning and PowerBuddy for Assessment, are now accessible to schools and districts.
Is It Worth Investing in PowerSchool Holdings Inc (NYSE: PWSC) Right Now?
PWSC has 36-month beta value of 0.98. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for PWSC is 55.84M, and currently, short sellers hold a 13.96% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of PWSC on May 02, 2024 was 746.12K shares.
PWSC’s Market Performance
The stock of PowerSchool Holdings Inc (PWSC) has seen a -4.21% decrease in the past week, with a -18.85% drop in the past month, and a -28.50% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.44%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 3.21% for PWSC. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -12.15% for PWSC’s stock, with a -23.43% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of PWSC
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for PWSC stocks, with Goldman repeating the rating for PWSC by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for PWSC in the upcoming period, according to Goldman is $24 based on the research report published on April 18, 2023 of the previous year 2023.
Raymond James, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see PWSC reach a price target of $22. The rating they have provided for PWSC stocks is “Outperform” according to the report published on March 20th, 2023.
BofA Securities gave a rating of “Buy” to PWSC, setting the target price at $32 in the report published on January 04th of the previous year.
PWSC Trading at -17.45% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought PWSC to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -33.11% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.21%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.44%, as shares sank -19.09% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -29.05% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, PWSC fell by -4.21%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -25.27% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $18.96. In addition, PowerSchool Holdings Inc saw -28.57% 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 PWSC starting from GULATI HARDEEP, who sale 6,171 shares at the price of $21.33 back on Apr 08 ’24. After this action, GULATI HARDEEP now owns 1,905,667 shares of PowerSchool Holdings Inc, valued at $131,627 using the latest closing price.
GULATI HARDEEP, the Chief Executive Officer of PowerSchool Holdings Inc, sale 21,900 shares at $21.06 during a trade that took place back on Apr 05 ’24, which means that GULATI HARDEEP is holding 1,911,838 shares at $461,214 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for PWSC
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.04 for the present operating margin
- 0.57 for the gross margin
The net margin for PowerSchool Holdings Inc stands at -0.05. The total capital return value is set at 0.01. Equity return is now at value -2.44, with -0.82 for asset returns.
Based on PowerSchool Holdings Inc (PWSC), the company’s capital structure generated 0.39 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.21. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.63. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.47.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 159.91 million with net debt to EBITDA at 4.76. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 5.12. The receivables turnover for the company is 9.11for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.18. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.29.
Conclusion
To put it simply, PowerSchool Holdings Inc (PWSC) 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.
