BigBear.ai Holdings Inc (NYSE: BBAI)’s stock price has plunge by -5.54relation to previous closing price of 4.15. Nevertheless, the company has seen a 20.99% surge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. fool.com reported 2025-01-19 that BigBear.ai (BBAI -5.54%) has disappointed a lot of investors since its public debut. The artificial intelligence (AI) software company went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on Dec. 8, 2021, and its stock opened at $9.84 per share.
Is It Worth Investing in BigBear.ai Holdings Inc (NYSE: BBAI) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 2.95. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 2 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for BBAI is 179.68M, and at present, short sellers hold a 18.85% of that float. On January 20, 2025, the average trading volume of BBAI was 30.54M shares.
BBAI’s Market Performance
BBAI stock saw an increase of 20.99% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 31.10% and a quarterly increase of 124.00%. The volatility ratio for the week is 11.16%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 17.19% for BigBear.ai Holdings Inc (BBAI). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 4.56% for BBAI stock, with a simple moving average of 109.06% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of BBAI
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for BBAI stocks, with H.C. Wainwright repeating the rating for BBAI by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for BBAI in the upcoming period, according to H.C. Wainwright is $7 based on the research report published on December 30, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Cantor Fitzgerald, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see BBAI reach a price target of $3. The rating they have provided for BBAI stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on January 09th, 2024.
TD Cowen gave a rating of “Market Perform” to BBAI, setting the target price at $2 in the report published on October 02nd of the previous year.
BBAI Trading at 34.88% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought BBAI to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -24.62% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 17.19%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 11.16%, as shares surge +15.29% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +143.48% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, BBAI rose by +20.99%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +110.75% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $3.75. In addition, BigBear.ai Holdings Inc saw -11.91% 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 BBAI starting from BATTLE SEAN BERNARD, who proposed sale 44,813 shares at the price of $4.46 back on Jan 02 ’25. After this action, BATTLE SEAN BERNARD now owns shares of BigBear.ai Holdings Inc, valued at $199,960 using the latest closing price.
Long Amanda, the Chief Executive Officer of BigBear.ai Holdings Inc, sale 66,140 shares at $4.50 during a trade that took place back on Jan 06 ’25, which means that Long Amanda is holding 2,445,449 shares at $297,630 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for BBAI
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.29 for the present operating margin
- 0.27 for the gross margin
The net margin for BigBear.ai Holdings Inc stands at -1.1. The total capital return value is set at -0.15. Equity return is now at value -738.19, with -61.14 for asset returns.
Based on BigBear.ai Holdings Inc (BBAI), the company’s capital structure generated 0.68 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.11. The debt to equity ratio resting at 2.09. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -3.15.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -37.57 million with net debt to EBITDA at -0.97. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 7.25. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.51for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.44. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.06.
Conclusion
To sum up, BigBear.ai Holdings Inc (BBAI) 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.
