The stock of Gitlab Inc (NASDAQ: GTLB) has increased by 1.86 when compared to last closing price of 50.99. Despite this, the company has experienced a -17.29% fall in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. fool.com reported 2025-03-08 that There has been some significant market volatility this earnings season, with disappointing reports spooking some investors. One stock that got a reprieve following its earnings was DevSecOps platform GitLab (GTLB -3.21%), largely because investors liked its continued strong growth.
Is It Worth Investing in Gitlab Inc (NASDAQ: GTLB) Right Now?
The 36-month beta value for GTLB is also noteworthy at 0.75. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 18 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 8 rating it as “overweight,” 3 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for GTLB is 128.35M, and at present, short sellers hold a 8.17% of that float. The average trading volume of GTLB on March 12, 2025 was 3.04M shares.
GTLB’s Market Performance
GTLB’s stock has seen a -17.29% decrease for the week, with a -26.38% drop in the past month and a -21.35% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.72%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 6.19% for Gitlab Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -17.05% for GTLB’s stock, with a -6.54% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of GTLB
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for GTLB stocks, with Macquarie repeating the rating for GTLB by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for GTLB in the upcoming period, according to Macquarie is $90 based on the research report published on December 12, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Needham, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see GTLB reach a price target of $70. The rating they have provided for GTLB stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on October 21st, 2024.
Morgan Stanley gave a rating of “Overweight” to GTLB, setting the target price at $70 in the report published on October 09th of the previous year.
GTLB Trading at -18.52% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought GTLB to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -29.98% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 6.19%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 6.72%, as shares sank -27.13% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -14.08% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, GTLB fell by -17.29%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -10.71% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $62.62. In addition, Gitlab Inc saw -7.83% 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 GTLB starting from BLASING KAREN, who sale 6,500 shares at the price of $70.58 back on Feb 18 ’25. After this action, BLASING KAREN now owns 121,733 shares of Gitlab Inc, valued at $458,739 using the latest closing price.
Sijbrandij Sytse, the Executive Chair of the Board of Gitlab Inc, sale 84,000 shares at $70.61 during a trade that took place back on Feb 18 ’25, which means that Sijbrandij Sytse is holding 0 shares at $5,931,195 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for GTLB
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.18 for the present operating margin
- 0.89 for the gross margin
The net margin for Gitlab Inc stands at -0.0. The total capital return value is set at -0.16. Equity return is now at value -0.20, with -0.10 for asset returns.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -138.82 million with net debt to EBITDA at 1.76. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 10.69. The receivables turnover for the company is 2.87for 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 2.40.
Conclusion
In summary, Gitlab Inc (GTLB) has had a bad performance as of late. Analysts have mixed opinions on the stock, with some viewing 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.
