The stock price of Wheels Up Experience Inc (NYSE: UP) has surged by 2.47 when compared to previous closing price of 1.62, but the company has seen a 2.47% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. businesswire.com reported 2024-12-11 that PORTLAND, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–University of Portland (UP) is proud to announce a $20 million dollar gift — one of the largest single gifts in school history — from a multi-generational family whose ties to the University span more than 65 years. The historic gift will support the University’s priorities of enhancing student access, supporting academic excellence, and strengthening student formation. The donor family chose to remain anonymous in order to “keep the focus on the important work.
Is It Worth Investing in Wheels Up Experience Inc (NYSE: UP) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 2.38. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for UP is 346.35M, and at present, short sellers hold a 3.44% of that float. On January 17, 2025, the average trading volume of UP was 1.05M shares.
UP’s Market Performance
UP stock saw a decrease of 2.47% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -17.00% and a quarterly a decrease of -24.55%. The volatility ratio for the week is 5.45%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 6.95% for Wheels Up Experience Inc (UP). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -2.04% for UP stock, with a simple moving average of -26.92% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of UP
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for UP stocks, with Goldman repeating the rating for UP by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for UP in the upcoming period, according to Goldman is $5 based on the research report published on June 15, 2022 of the previous year 2022.
Barrington Research gave a rating of “Mkt Perform” to UP, setting the target price at $16 in the report published on November 16th of the previous year.
UP Trading at -15.90% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought UP to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -63.83% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 6.95%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 5.45%, as shares sank -17.09% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -15.82% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, UP rose by +1.85%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -37.02% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $1.6940. In addition, Wheels Up Experience Inc saw 0.61% 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 UP starting from Moak Donald Lee, who sale 21,766 shares at the price of $2.47 back on Nov 26 ’24. After this action, Moak Donald Lee now owns 108,465 shares of Wheels Up Experience Inc, valued at $53,762 using the latest closing price.
Moak Donald Lee, the Director of Wheels Up Experience Inc, sale 20,000 shares at $2.50 during a trade that took place back on Nov 25 ’24, which means that Moak Donald Lee is holding 130,231 shares at $50,000 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for UP
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.31 for the present operating margin
- 0.0 for the gross margin
The net margin for Wheels Up Experience Inc stands at -0.4. The total capital return value is set at -1.68. Equity return is now at value -2416.94, with -28.11 for asset returns.
Based on Wheels Up Experience Inc (UP), the company’s capital structure generated 1.69 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 -2.44. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -4.22.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -386.22 million with net debt to EBITDA at -0.8. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.59. The receivables turnover for the company is 26.03for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.8. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.30.
Conclusion
To sum up, Wheels Up Experience Inc (UP) has seen a mixed performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing 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.
