Clear Secure Inc (YOU) Stock: A Look at the Analyst Recommendations

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Clear Secure Inc (NYSE: YOU) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 58.70x compared to its average ratio. YOU has 36-month beta value of 1.59. 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 YOU is 79.80M, and currently, short sellers hold a 16.27% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of YOU on May 08, 2024 was 1.61M shares.

YOU) stock’s latest price update

The stock of Clear Secure Inc (NYSE: YOU) has increased by 1.12 when compared to last closing price of 17.88. Despite this, the company has experienced a 3.49% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. Zacks Investment Research reported 2024-05-01 that Clear Secure (YOU) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

YOU’s Market Performance

Clear Secure Inc (YOU) has seen a 3.49% rise in stock performance for the week, with a -8.41% decline in the past month and a -5.95% plunge in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.37%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 3.20% for YOU. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -1.12% for YOU’s stock, with a -7.54% simple moving average for the past 200 days.

Analysts’ Opinion of YOU

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for YOU stocks, with Wells Fargo repeating the rating for YOU by listing it as a “Underweight.” The predicted price for YOU in the upcoming period, according to Wells Fargo is $20 based on the research report published on December 20, 2023 of the previous year 2023.

Goldman, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see YOU reach a price target of $24. The rating they have provided for YOU stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on October 17th, 2023.

JP Morgan gave a rating of “Neutral” to YOU, setting the target price at $30 in the report published on July 05th of the previous year.

YOU Trading at -4.74% from the 50-Day Moving Average

After a stumble in the market that brought YOU to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -32.00% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 3.20%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 3.37%, as shares sank -10.32% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +0.11% upper at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, YOU rose by +3.49%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -20.00% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $18.18. In addition, Clear Secure Inc saw -11.10% 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 YOU starting from Patterson Richard N. Jr., who sale 7,500 shares at the price of $20.00 back on Feb 14 ’24. After this action, Patterson Richard N. Jr. now owns 41,727 shares of Clear Secure Inc, valued at $150,000 using the latest closing price.

Durable Capital Partners LP, the 10% Owner of Clear Secure Inc, sale 2,640,735 shares at $25.27 during a trade that took place back on Aug 02 ’23, which means that Durable Capital Partners LP is holding 8,809,211 shares at $66,726,857 based on the most recent closing price.

Stock Fundamentals for YOU

Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:

  • 0.03 for the present operating margin
  • 0.68 for the gross margin

The net margin for Clear Secure Inc stands at 0.05. The total capital return value is set at 0.04. Equity return is now at value 10.72, with 2.69 for asset returns.

Based on Clear Secure Inc (YOU), the company’s capital structure generated 0.35 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 1.77. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.55. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.94.

Currently, EBITDA for the company is 41.79 million with net debt to EBITDA at 1.21. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 4.41. The receivables turnover for the company is 1166.5for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.59. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.39.

Conclusion

To put it simply, Clear Secure Inc (YOU) 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.

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