Wheels Up Experience Inc (NYSE: UP) has experienced a decline in its stock price by -9.73 compared to its previous closing price of 1.13. However, the company has seen a fall of -17.74% in its stock price over the last five trading days. prnewswire.com reported 2025-03-11 that Verkamp to bring extensive financial leadership experience to help drive strategic growth plan ATLANTA, March 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Wheels Up Experience Inc. (NYSE: UP), a global leader in private aviation, today announced the appointment of John Verkamp as Chief Financial Officer. With a track record of financial leadership and a deep understanding of complex operations, John will oversee the company’s global finance organization.
Is It Worth Investing in Wheels Up Experience Inc (NYSE: UP) Right Now?
The 36-month beta value for UP is at 2.30. Analysts have varying views on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 rating it as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for UP is 345.13M, and currently, shorts hold a 3.85% of that float. The average trading volume for UP on March 12, 2025 was 925.55K shares.
UP’s Market Performance
UP stock saw a decrease of -17.74% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -32.45% and a quarterly a decrease of -52.34%. The volatility ratio for the week is 9.32%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 7.90% for Wheels Up Experience Inc (UP). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -19.59% for UP’s stock, with a -50.56% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of UP
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for UP stocks, with Goldman repeating the rating for UP by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for UP in the upcoming period, according to Goldman is $5 based on the research report published on June 15, 2022 of the previous year 2022.
Barrington Research gave a rating of “Mkt Perform” to UP, setting the target price at $16 in the report published on November 16th of the previous year.
UP Trading at -30.71% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought UP to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -77.78% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 7.90%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 9.32%, as shares sank -26.92% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -41.29% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, UP fell by -15.73%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -62.81% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $1.2697. In addition, Wheels Up Experience Inc saw -38.18% 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 UP starting from Moak Donald Lee, who sale 21,766 shares at the price of $2.47 back on Nov 26 ’24. After this action, Moak Donald Lee now owns 108,465 shares of Wheels Up Experience Inc, valued at $53,762 using the latest closing price.
Moak Donald Lee, the Director of Wheels Up Experience Inc, sale 20,000 shares at $2.50 during a trade that took place back on Nov 25 ’24, which means that Moak Donald Lee is holding 130,231 shares at $50,000 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for UP
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.31 for the present operating margin
- 0.0 for the gross margin
The net margin for Wheels Up Experience Inc stands at -0.4. The total capital return value is set at -1.68. Equity return is now at value -2416.94, with -27.46 for asset returns.
Based on Wheels Up Experience Inc (UP), the company’s capital structure generated 1.69 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.42. The debt to equity ratio resting at -2.44. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -4.22.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -349.67 million with net debt to EBITDA at -0.8. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.06. The receivables turnover for the company is 26.03for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.8. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.36.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Wheels Up Experience Inc (UP) has had a bad performance lately. Opinion on the stock among analysts is mixed, with some giving it a “buy” rating and others 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.
