The stock price of Compass Inc (NYSE: COMP) has dropped by -0.15 compared to previous close of 6.76. Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 25.46% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2025-01-16 that Compass (COMP) saw its shares surge in the last session with trading volume being higher than average. The latest trend in earnings estimate revisions may not translate into further price increase in the near term.
Is It Worth Investing in Compass Inc (NYSE: COMP) Right Now?
COMP has 36-month beta value of 2.94. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 2 as “overweight,” 5 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for COMP is 460.80M, and currently, short sellers hold a 3.58% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of COMP on January 22, 2025 was 4.50M shares.
COMP’s Market Performance
COMP’s stock has seen a 25.46% increase for the week, with a 0.75% rise in the past month and a 18.01% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.29%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 4.57% for Compass Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 12.85% for COMP’s stock, with a 33.37% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of COMP
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for COMP stocks, with Gordon Haskett repeating the rating for COMP by listing it as a “Hold.” The predicted price for COMP in the upcoming period, according to Gordon Haskett is $3.75 based on the research report published on June 25, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Gordon Haskett, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see COMP reach a price target of $2.25, previously predicting the price at $2.75. The rating they have provided for COMP stocks is “Underperform” according to the report published on February 21st, 2024.
Deutsche Bank gave a rating of “Hold” to COMP, setting the target price at $2.70 in the report published on November 21st of the previous year.
COMP Trading at 4.29% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought COMP to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -12.22% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 4.57%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 6.29%, as shares surge +12.50% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -1.75% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, COMP rose by +25.46%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +84.43% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $5.98. In addition, Compass Inc saw 15.38% 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 COMP starting from Reffkin Robert L., who sale 141,061 shares at the price of $6.27 back on Jan 15 ’25. After this action, Reffkin Robert L. now owns 2,000,000 shares of Compass Inc, valued at $884,142 using the latest closing price.
Reffkin Robert L., the Chairman and CEO of Compass Inc, sale 42,717 shares at $6.90 during a trade that took place back on Jan 17 ’25, which means that Reffkin Robert L. is holding 1,957,283 shares at $294,918 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for COMP
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.02 for the present operating margin
- 0.11 for the gross margin
The net margin for Compass Inc stands at -0.04. The total capital return value is set at -0.16. Equity return is now at value -43.81, with -16.04 for asset returns.
Based on Compass Inc (COMP), the company’s capital structure generated 0.54 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.1. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.19. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -21.11.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -216.4 million with net debt to EBITDA at -2.79. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.74. The receivables turnover for the company is 66.32for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 4.45. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.92.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Compass Inc (COMP) 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 is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
