Groupon Inc (NASDAQ: GRPN)’s stock price has gone decline by -6.16 in comparison to its previous close of 17.12, however, the company has experienced a -11.14% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2024-07-26 that Evaluate the expected performance of Groupon (GRPN) for the quarter ended June 2024, looking beyond the conventional Wall Street top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining some of its key metrics for better insight.
Is It Worth Investing in Groupon Inc (NASDAQ: GRPN) Right Now?
GRPN has 36-month beta value of 1.82. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 4 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 8 as “hold,” and 5 as “sell.”
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The public float for GRPN is 20.88M, and currently, short sellers hold a 35.32% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of GRPN on July 30, 2024 was 1.21M shares.
GRPN’s Market Performance
The stock of Groupon Inc (GRPN) has seen a -11.14% decrease in the past week, with a 5.00% rise in the past month, and a 37.90% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.06%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 6.39% for GRPN. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -1.51% for GRPN’s stock, with a 16.66% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of GRPN
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for GRPN stocks, with Northland Capital repeating the rating for GRPN by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for GRPN in the upcoming period, according to Northland Capital is $22 based on the research report published on July 10, 2024 of the current year 2024.
ROTH MKM, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see GRPN reach a price target of $30. The rating they have provided for GRPN stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on October 13th, 2023.
Goldman gave a rating of “Sell” to GRPN, setting the target price at $11 in the report published on July 15th of the previous year.
GRPN Trading at 1.76% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought GRPN to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -17.87% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 6.39%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 6.06%, as shares surge +4.42% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -1.37% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, GRPN fell by -10.54%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +62.07% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $16.35. In addition, Groupon Inc saw 25.12% 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 GRPN starting from Senkypl Dusan, who purchase 137,946 shares at the price of $9.74 back on Nov 20 ’23. After this action, Senkypl Dusan now owns 7,040,310 shares of Groupon Inc, valued at $1,343,427 using the latest closing price.
Senkypl Dusan, the Interim CEO of Groupon Inc, purchase 24,803 shares at $9.50 during a trade that took place back on Nov 17 ’23, which means that Senkypl Dusan is holding 6,902,364 shares at $235,616 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for GRPN
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.03 for the present operating margin
- 0.88 for the gross margin
The net margin for Groupon Inc stands at -0.07. The total capital return value is set at 0.06. Equity return is now at value -469.64, with -6.26 for asset returns.
Based on Groupon Inc (GRPN), the company’s capital structure generated 0.85 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.05. The debt to equity ratio resting at 5.63. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 1.44.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 40.97 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.81. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.28. The receivables turnover for the company is 9.49for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.89. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.91.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Groupon Inc (GRPN) has had a better 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.
