Applied Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: APLD) has experienced a decline in its stock price by -3.02 compared to its previous closing price of 7.29. However, the company has seen a gain of 1.00% in its stock price over the last five trading days. fool.com reported 2025-03-20 that The first quarter of 2025 has brought significant challenges for technology investors. With the S&P 500 (^GSPC 1.08%) struggling amid renewed trade tensions and economic policy shifts under the Trump administration, many innovative companies have seen their market valuations compress dramatically — regardless of their operational progress.
Is It Worth Investing in Applied Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: APLD) Right Now?
Company’s 36-month beta value is 4.93.Analysts have differing opinions on the stock, with 6 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for APLD is 170.59M, and currently, short sellers hold a 33.27% ratio of that floaft. The average trading volume of APLD on March 24, 2025 was 25.30M shares.
APLD’s Market Performance
The stock of Applied Digital Corporation (APLD) has seen a 1.00% increase in the past week, with a -30.55% drop in the past month, and a -27.04% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 5.61%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 11.63% for APLD.. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -2.54% for APLD’s stock, with a 1.34% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of APLD
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for APLD stocks, with Compass Point repeating the rating for APLD by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for APLD in the upcoming period, according to Compass Point is $10 based on the research report published on January 28, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Cantor Fitzgerald, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see APLD reach a price target of $15. The rating they have provided for APLD stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on December 20th, 2024.
ROTH MKM gave a rating of “Buy” to APLD, setting the target price at $14 in the report published on October 03rd of the previous year.
APLD Trading at -10.64% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought APLD to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -43.35% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 11.63%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 5.61%, as shares sank -33.62% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -24.95% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, APLD rose by +1.00%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +78.54% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $7.25. In addition, Applied Digital Corporation saw -7.46% 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 APLD starting from REED KATE, who proposed sale 5,000 shares at the price of $9.23 back on Feb 14 ’25. After this action, REED KATE now owns shares of Applied Digital Corporation, valued at $46,150 using the latest closing price.
Nottenburg Richard N, the Director of Applied Digital Corporation, sale 20,000 shares at $8.85 during a trade that took place back on Jan 17 ’25, which means that Nottenburg Richard N is holding 342,923 shares at $177,000 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for APLD
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.36 for the present operating margin
- 0.02 for the gross margin
The net margin for Applied Digital Corporation stands at -1.28. The total capital return value is set at -0.07. Equity return is now at value -83.77, with -26.74 for asset returns.
Based on Applied Digital Corporation (APLD), the company’s capital structure generated 0.65 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.15. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.84. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -2.06.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -43.38 million with net debt to EBITDA at -5.78. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 9.87. The receivables turnover for the company is 17.19for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.14. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.77.
Conclusion
In a nutshell, Applied Digital Corporation (APLD) has experienced a mixed performance in recent times. The stock has received mixed “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.
