eHealth Inc (NASDAQ: EHTH)’s stock price has increased by 6.60 compared to its previous closing price of 10.45. However, the company has seen a 16.28% increase in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-02-14 that eHealth (EHTH) 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.
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Additionally, the 36-month beta value for EHTH is 0.42. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 rating it as “overweight,” 4 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for EHTH is 26.95M and currently, short sellers hold a 0.80% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of EHTH on February 17, 2025 was 307.97K shares.
EHTH’s Market Performance
EHTH stock saw an increase of 16.28% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 14.37% and a quarterly increase of 109.40%. The volatility ratio for the week is 7.81%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 6.01% for eHealth Inc (EHTH). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 11.16% for EHTH stock, with a simple moving average of 94.79% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of EHTH
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for EHTH stocks, with UBS repeating the rating for EHTH by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for EHTH in the upcoming period, according to UBS is $5.50 based on the research report published on December 04, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Craig Hallum, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see EHTH reach a price target of $7. The rating they have provided for EHTH stocks is “Hold” according to the report published on January 18th, 2024.
Craig Hallum gave a rating of “Buy” to EHTH, setting the target price at $6 in the report published on December 01st of the previous year.
EHTH Trading at 27.34% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought EHTH to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was able to rebound, for now settling with 1.78% of gains for the given period.
Volatility was left at 6.01%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 7.81%, as shares surge +12.64% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +96.82% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, EHTH rose by +16.28%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +150.90% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $10.02. In addition, eHealth Inc saw 18.51% 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 EHTH starting from WOLF DALE B, who sale 16,403 shares at the price of $5.22 back on Nov 11 ’24. After this action, WOLF DALE B now owns 88,559 shares of eHealth Inc, valued at $85,665 using the latest closing price.
WOLF DALE B, the Director of eHealth Inc, sale 3,597 shares at $5.35 during a trade that took place back on Nov 08 ’24, which means that WOLF DALE B is holding 104,962 shares at $19,244 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for EHTH
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.04 for the present operating margin
- 0.99 for the gross margin
The net margin for eHealth Inc stands at -0.1. The total capital return value is set at -0.02. Equity return is now at value -4.21, with -3.47 for asset returns.
Based on eHealth Inc (EHTH), the company’s capital structure generated 0.11 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.24. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.12. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -2.39.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -9.16 million with net debt to EBITDA at -5.07. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.79. The receivables turnover for the company is 0.57for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.46.
Conclusion
In conclusion, eHealth Inc (EHTH) has seen better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it 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.
