Aurora Innovation Inc (NASDAQ: AUR) has seen a rise in its stock price by 1.26 in relation to its previous close of 7.14. However, the company has experienced a 3.73% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. businesswire.com reported 2025-02-25 that PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)—- $AUR #aurora–Aurora Innovation, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUR) today announced David Maday, Chief Financial Officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the Cantor Global Technology Conference on March 11, 2025 at 10:40 am Eastern Time. The presentation will be webcast on Aurora’s investor relations website at ir.aurora.tech. A replay of the webcast will be available for 30 days following the live presentation. About Aurora Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving.
Is It Worth Investing in Aurora Innovation Inc (NASDAQ: AUR) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 2.77. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 2 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 4 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for AUR is 962.46M, and at present, short sellers hold a 9.26% of that float. On March 24, 2025, the average trading volume of AUR was 14.63M shares.
AUR’s Market Performance
AUR’s stock has seen a 3.73% increase for the week, with a -13.00% drop in the past month and a -10.30% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.67%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 8.58% for Aurora Innovation Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 4.33% for AUR’s stock, with a 31.79% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of AUR
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for AUR stocks, with TD Cowen repeating the rating for AUR by listing it as a “Hold.” The predicted price for AUR in the upcoming period, according to TD Cowen is $8 based on the research report published on March 07, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Morgan Stanley, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see AUR reach a price target of $12. The rating they have provided for AUR stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on March 03rd, 2025.
Cantor Fitzgerald gave a rating of “Overweight” to AUR, setting the target price at $10 in the report published on December 10th of the previous year.
AUR Trading at 0.95% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought AUR to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -32.87% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 8.58%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 6.67%, as shares sank -2.63% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -13.83% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, AUR rose by +3.73%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +218.50% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $6.93. In addition, Aurora Innovation Inc saw 14.76% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at AUR starting from Shenai Nolan, who proposed sale 485,872 shares at the price of $9.55 back on Feb 18 ’25. After this action, Shenai Nolan now owns shares of Aurora Innovation Inc, valued at $4,641,551 using the latest closing price.
Boyland Gloria R., the Director of Aurora Innovation Inc, sale 30,000 shares at $6.30 during a trade that took place back on Nov 26 ’24, which means that Boyland Gloria R. is holding 344,647 shares at $189,147 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for AUR
The total capital return value is set at -0.39. Equity return is now at value -38.76, with -34.21 for asset returns.
Based on Aurora Innovation Inc (AUR), the company’s capital structure generated 0.06 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -5.05.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -786.0 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.12. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 11.94.
Conclusion
To sum up, Aurora Innovation Inc (AUR) has seen a mixed performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing 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.
