Workiva Inc (NYSE: WK)’s stock price has gone decline by -1.92 in comparison to its previous close of 86.76, however, the company has experienced a -2.78% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading days. fool.com reported 2025-03-02 that Running a global organization is becoming increasingly complex. Managers are tasked with overseeing remote employees who are working across dozens of digital applications, so chasing down valuable data can be a time-consuming ordeal.
Is It Worth Investing in Workiva Inc (NYSE: WK) Right Now?
WK has 36-month beta value of 0.97. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 7 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 4 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for WK is 49.68M, and currently, short sellers hold a 5.60% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of WK on March 07, 2025 was 635.57K shares.
WK’s Market Performance
The stock of Workiva Inc (WK) has seen a -2.78% decrease in the past week, with a -17.53% drop in the past month, and a -13.36% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.34%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 3.52% for WK. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -4.21% for WK’s stock, with a -0.67% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of WK
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for WK stocks, with Raymond James repeating the rating for WK by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for WK in the upcoming period, according to Raymond James is $135 based on the research report published on January 03, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Stifel, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see WK reach a price target of $130, previously predicting the price at $102. The rating they have provided for WK stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on December 18th, 2024.
BMO Capital Markets gave a rating of “Outperform” to WK, setting the target price at $104 in the report published on November 07th of the previous year.
WK Trading at -14.41% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought WK to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -27.17% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.52%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 3.34%, as shares sank -16.13% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -26.83% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, WK fell by -4.03%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -0.99% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $88.77. In addition, Workiva Inc saw -22.29% 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 WK starting from RIZAI MATTHEW M, who proposed sale 75,980 shares at the price of $113.26 back on Jan 16 ’25. After this action, RIZAI MATTHEW M now owns shares of Workiva Inc, valued at $8,605,115 using the latest closing price.
RIZAI MATTHEW M, the Former CEO of Workiva Inc, proposed sale 2,000 shares at $115.58 during a trade that took place back on Dec 18 ’24, which means that RIZAI MATTHEW M is holding shares at $231,168 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for WK
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.1 for the present operating margin
- 0.77 for the gross margin
The net margin for Workiva Inc stands at -0.07. The total capital return value is set at -0.1.
Based on Workiva Inc (WK), the company’s capital structure generated 1.06 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 -18.91. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -5.86.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -25.57 million with net debt to EBITDA at -19.03. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 7.07. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.65for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.54. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.68.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Workiva Inc (WK) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating 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.
