The stock of NOV Inc (NOV) has seen a -4.33% decrease in the past week, with a -8.40% drop in the past month, and a -16.95% decrease in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.72%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.23% for NOV. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -3.61% for NOV’s stock, with a simple moving average of -14.75% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in NOV Inc (NYSE: NOV) Right Now?
The price-to-earnings ratio for NOV Inc (NYSE: NOV) is above average at 5.81x, Company’s 36-month beta value is 1.67.Analysts have differing opinions on the stock, with 7 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 22 as “hold,” and 4 as “sell.”
3 Tiny Stocks Primed to Explode
The world's greatest investor — Warren Buffett — has a simple formula for making big money in the markets. He buys up valuable assets when they are very cheap. For stock market investors that means buying up cheap small cap stocks like these with huge upside potential.
We've set up an alert service to help smart investors take full advantage of the small cap stocks primed for big returns.
Click here for full details and to join for free
Sponsored
The public float for NOV is 391.00M, and currently, short sellers hold a 3.60% ratio of that floaft. The average trading volume of NOV on October 22, 2024 was 3.68M shares.
NOV) stock’s latest price update
NOV Inc (NYSE: NOV)’s stock price has gone rise by 0.19 in comparison to its previous close of 15.45, however, the company has experienced a -4.33% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2024-10-17 that Nov Inc. (NOV) doesn’t possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
Analysts’ Opinion of NOV
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for NOV stocks, with Wells Fargo repeating the rating for NOV by listing it as a “Underweight.” The predicted price for NOV in the upcoming period, according to Wells Fargo is $16 based on the research report published on September 25, 2024 of the current year 2024.
TD Cowen, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see NOV reach a price target of $28, previously predicting the price at $27. The rating they have provided for NOV stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on July 29th, 2024.
TD Cowen gave a rating of “Buy” to NOV, setting the target price at $26 in the report published on April 29th of the current year.
NOV Trading at -7.23% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought NOV to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -27.08% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.23%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.72%, as shares sank -7.58% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -13.28% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, NOV fell by -4.33%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -22.83% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $16.06. In addition, NOV Inc saw -23.67% 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 NOV starting from Novak Christy Lynn, who sale 3,500 shares at the price of $17.43 back on Feb 22 ’24. After this action, Novak Christy Lynn now owns 114,212 shares of NOV Inc, valued at $60,988 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for NOV
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.11 for the present operating margin
- 0.24 for the gross margin
The net margin for NOV Inc stands at 0.12. The total capital return value is set at 0.1. Equity return is now at value 17.90, with 9.72 for asset returns.
Based on NOV Inc (NOV), the company’s capital structure generated 0.22 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.42. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.29. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 10.26.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 933.0 million with net debt to EBITDA at 1.25. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.86. The receivables turnover for the company is 3.39for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.79. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.61.
Conclusion
In a nutshell, NOV Inc (NOV) has experienced a bad performance in recent times. The stock has received mixed “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. 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.
