The price-to-earnings ratio for CTO Realty Growth Inc (NYSE: CTO) is 49.77x, which is above its average ratio. Moreover, the 36-month beta value for CTO is 0.75. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 7 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for CTO is 27.11M and currently, short sellers hold a 5.28% of that float. On February 21, 2025, CTO’s average trading volume was 356.55K shares.
CTO) stock’s latest price update
CTO Realty Growth Inc (NYSE: CTO)’s stock price has dropped by -7.78 in relation to previous closing price of 20.21. Nevertheless, the company has seen a loss of -9.87% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2025-02-20 that CTO Realty (CTO) came out with quarterly funds from operations (FFO) of $0.49 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.48 per share. This compares to FFO of $0.52 per share a year ago.
CTO’s Market Performance
CTO’s stock has fallen by -9.87% in the past week, with a monthly drop of -3.13% and a quarterly drop of -4.42%. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.84% while the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.92% for CTO Realty Growth Inc. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -6.44% for CTO’s stock, with a -2.25% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of CTO
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CTO stocks, with Raymond James repeating the rating for CTO by listing it as a “Strong Buy.” The predicted price for CTO in the upcoming period, according to Raymond James is $24 based on the research report published on October 30, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Alliance Global Partners, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see CTO reach a price target of $20. The rating they have provided for CTO stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on April 08th, 2024.
Raymond James gave a rating of “Outperform” to CTO, setting the target price at $69 in the report published on June 17th of the previous year.
CTO Trading at -5.79% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CTO to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -11.87% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.92%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.84%, as shares sank -3.24% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -8.68% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, CTO fell by -9.74%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +9.67% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $19.92. In addition, CTO Realty Growth Inc saw -5.44% 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 CTO starting from Albright John P, who proposed sale 29,488 shares at the price of $20.65 back on Nov 11 ’24. After this action, Albright John P now owns shares of CTO Realty Growth Inc, valued at $608,927 using the latest closing price.
Albright John P, the PRESIDENT & CEO of CTO Realty Growth Inc, sale 29,488 shares at $20.71 during a trade that took place back on Nov 11 ’24, which means that Albright John P is holding 570,554 shares at $610,579 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CTO
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.07 for the present operating margin
- 0.55 for the gross margin
The net margin for CTO Realty Growth Inc stands at -0.04. The total capital return value is set at 2.86. Equity return is now at value 3.78, with 1.81 for asset returns.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -96.01 million with net debt to EBITDA at -0.63. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 4.47.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of CTO Realty Growth Inc (CTO) has been bad in recent times. The stock has received a bullish of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. 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.
