Sight Sciences Inc (NASDAQ: SGHT)’s stock price has plunge by 13.88relation to previous closing price of 2.45. Nevertheless, the company has seen a 12.96% surge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-03-05 that Sight Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGHT ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call March 5, 2025 4:30 PM ET Company Participants Philip Trip Taylor – IR Paul Badawi – Co-Founder & CEO Alison Bauerlein – CFO Matt Link – Chief Commercial Officer Conference Call Participants Danielle Antalffy – UBS Tom Stephan – Stifel Frank Takkinen – Lake Street Capital Markets David Saxon – Needham & Company Phil Dantoin – Piper Sandler Macauley Kilbane – William Blair Operator Hello, and welcome to the Sight Sciences Fourth Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.
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Additionally, the 36-month beta value for SGHT is 2.44. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 rating it as “overweight,” 6 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for SGHT is 30.11M and currently, short sellers hold a 4.70% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of SGHT on March 12, 2025 was 259.26K shares.
SGHT’s Market Performance
SGHT’s stock has seen a 12.96% increase for the week, with a 0.72% rise in the past month and a -24.59% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 13.79%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 9.78% for Sight Sciences Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 7.39% for SGHT’s stock, with a -45.30% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of SGHT
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for SGHT stocks, with UBS repeating the rating for SGHT by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for SGHT in the upcoming period, according to UBS is $5.50 based on the research report published on December 06, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Lake Street, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see SGHT reach a price target of $5, previously predicting the price at $10. The rating they have provided for SGHT stocks is “Hold” according to the report published on November 04th, 2024.
Lake Street gave a rating of “Buy” to SGHT, setting the target price at $10 in the report published on August 21st of the previous year.
SGHT Trading at -3.73% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought SGHT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -66.98% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 9.78%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 13.79%, as shares surge +4.49% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -21.41% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, SGHT rose by +12.96%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -48.90% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $2.60. In addition, Sight Sciences Inc saw -23.35% 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 SGHT starting from Badawi David, who sale 5,423 shares at the price of $2.78 back on Jan 17 ’25. After this action, Badawi David now owns 1,744,118 shares of Sight Sciences Inc, valued at $15,081 using the latest closing price.
Badawi Paul, the President and CEO of Sight Sciences Inc, sale 24,819 shares at $2.92 during a trade that took place back on Jan 16 ’25, which means that Badawi Paul is holding 5,676,331 shares at $72,571 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for SGHT
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.62 for the present operating margin
- 0.85 for the gross margin
The net margin for Sight Sciences Inc stands at -0.63. The total capital return value is set at -0.38. Equity return is now at value -49.59, with -33.29 for asset returns.
Based on Sight Sciences Inc (SGHT), the company’s capital structure generated 0.27 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.72. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.37. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -10.25.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -50.53 million with net debt to EBITDA at 1.8. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.75. The receivables turnover for the company is 6.15for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.55. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 9.04.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Sight Sciences Inc (SGHT) has seen mixed 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’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.
