The stock of BlackBerry Ltd (NYSE: BB) has decreased by -1.01 when compared to last closing price of 3.96.Despite this, the company has seen a loss of -9.47% in its stock price over the last five trading days. fool.com reported 2025-03-30 that BlackBerry (BB -0.88%) and Unity Software (U -4.96%) were both once high-growth tech stocks that lost their momentum and disappointed their investors. BlackBerry was once the world’s top smartphone maker, but it lost that booming market to Apple’s (AAPL -2.67%) iPhones and Android-powered devices.
Is It Worth Investing in BlackBerry Ltd (NYSE: BB) Right Now?
BB has 36-month beta value of 1.28. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 5 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for BB is 581.20M, and currently, short sellers hold a 5.95% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of BB on March 31, 2025 was 24.14M shares.
BB’s Market Performance
BB stock saw a decrease of -9.47% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -17.47% and a quarterly a decrease of -1.01%. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.29%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 5.37% for BlackBerry Ltd (BB). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -9.97% for BB’s stock, with a simple moving average of 25.82% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of BB
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for BB stocks, with TD Securities repeating the rating for BB by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for BB in the upcoming period, according to TD Securities is $4 based on the research report published on December 20, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
RBC Capital Mkts gave a rating of “Sector Perform” to BB, setting the target price at $4 in the report published on December 21st of the previous year.
BB Trading at -16.09% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought BB to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -37.18% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 5.37%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 4.29%, as shares sank -16.77% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -5.31% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, BB fell by -9.47%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +43.59% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $4.35. In addition, BlackBerry Ltd saw 3.70% 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 BB starting from Chai Jay P., who sale 24,425 shares at the price of $4.19 back on Jan 24 ’25. After this action, Chai Jay P. now owns 0 shares of BlackBerry Ltd, valued at $102,341 using the latest closing price.
ERIKSSON MATTIAS, the President of IoT of BlackBerry Ltd, sale 12,680 shares at $4.00 during a trade that took place back on Jan 06 ’25, which means that ERIKSSON MATTIAS is holding 278,306 shares at $50,720 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for BB
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.04 for the present operating margin
- 0.67 for the gross margin
The net margin for BlackBerry Ltd stands at -0.21. The total capital return value is set at -0.03. Equity return is now at value -13.55, with -7.75 for asset returns.
Based on BlackBerry Ltd (BB), the company’s capital structure generated 0.93 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.18. The debt to equity ratio resting at 13.18. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -13.51.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -13.0 million with net debt to EBITDA at -1.11. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 3.9. The receivables turnover for the company is 3.61for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.46. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.37.
Conclusion
To put it simply, BlackBerry Ltd (BB) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating 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.
