The stock price of Microstrategy Inc (NASDAQ: MSTR) has surged by 5.81 when compared to previous closing price of 397.28, but the company has seen a 23.40% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. marketwatch.com reported 2024-11-22 that MicroStrategy’s stock chart produces a textbook “key reversal” pattern on record volume — a worrisome sign for bulls.
Is It Worth Investing in Microstrategy Inc (NASDAQ: MSTR) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 3.17. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 6 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 as “overweight,” 4 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
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The public float for MSTR is 162.92M, and at present, short sellers hold a 17.39% of that float. On November 22, 2024, the average trading volume of MSTR was 20.13M shares.
MSTR’s Market Performance
MSTR stock saw an increase of 23.40% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 78.20% and a quarterly increase of 186.15%. The volatility ratio for the week is 19.34%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 11.93% for Microstrategy Inc (MSTR). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 33.77% for MSTR stock, with a simple moving average of 159.48% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of MSTR
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for MSTR stocks, with Maxim Group repeating the rating for MSTR by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for MSTR in the upcoming period, according to Maxim Group is $270 based on the research report published on October 31, 2024 of the current year 2024.
Barclays, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see MSTR reach a price target of $146. The rating they have provided for MSTR stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on September 06th, 2024.
Cantor Fitzgerald gave a rating of “Overweight” to MSTR, setting the target price at $194 in the report published on August 21st of the current year.
MSTR Trading at 79.76% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought MSTR to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -22.59% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 11.93%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 19.34%, as shares surge +78.26% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +195.27% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, MSTR rose by +22.63%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +610.65% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $314.12. In addition, Microstrategy Inc saw 565.53% 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 MSTR starting from STEPHEN GRAHAM, who proposed sale 20,000 shares at the price of $451.36 back on Nov 21 ’24. After this action, STEPHEN GRAHAM now owns shares of Microstrategy Inc, valued at $9,027,246 using the latest closing price.
Montgomery Jeanine, the SVP & CAO of Microstrategy Inc, sale 46 shares at $359.56 during a trade that took place back on Nov 18 ’24, which means that Montgomery Jeanine is holding 6,472 shares at $16,540 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for MSTR
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -1.0 for the present operating margin
- 0.74 for the gross margin
The net margin for Microstrategy Inc stands at -0.87. The total capital return value is set at -0.06. Equity return is now at value -17.63, with -6.94 for asset returns.
Based on Microstrategy Inc (MSTR), the company’s capital structure generated 0.53 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.01. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.13. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -8.16.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -44.3 million with net debt to EBITDA at -4.85. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 212.77. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.36for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.06. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.65.
Conclusion
To sum up, Microstrategy Inc (MSTR) has seen a better performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing 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.
