NextDecade Corporation (NASDAQ: NEXT)’s stock price has increased by 2.21 compared to its previous closing price of 7.68. However, the company has seen a -13.26% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-03-24 that Why investors should use the Zacks Earnings ESP tool to help find stocks that are poised to top quarterly earnings estimates.
Is It Worth Investing in NextDecade Corporation (NASDAQ: NEXT) Right Now?
NEXT has 36-month beta value of 1.05. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 1 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for NEXT is 164.83M, and currently, short sellers hold a 6.19% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of NEXT on April 02, 2025 was 1.85M shares.
NEXT’s Market Performance
NEXT stock saw an increase of -13.26% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 1.09% and a quarterly increase of 12.46%. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.18%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 6.97% for NextDecade Corporation (NEXT). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -1.31% for NEXT stock, with a simple moving average of 14.21% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of NEXT
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for NEXT stocks, with TD Cowen repeating the rating for NEXT by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for NEXT in the upcoming period, according to TD Cowen is $9 based on the research report published on June 06, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Wolfe Research, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see NEXT reach a price target of $8. The rating they have provided for NEXT stocks is “Outperform” according to the report published on August 16th, 2023.
Stifel gave a rating of “Buy” to NEXT, setting the target price at $9 in the report published on August 15th of the previous year.
NEXT Trading at -1.91% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought NEXT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -19.15% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 6.97%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 6.18%, as shares surge +1.11% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -14.64% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, NEXT fell by -14.64%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -2.95% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $7.95. In addition, NextDecade Corporation saw 1.82% 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 NEXT starting from HGC Next Inv LLC, who purchase 11,690,909 shares at the price of $7.50 back on Jul 29 ’24. After this action, HGC Next Inv LLC now owns 17,536,369 shares of NextDecade Corporation, valued at $87,681,818 using the latest closing price.
York Capital Management Global, the Director of NextDecade Corporation, sale 35,072,737 shares at $7.50 during a trade that took place back on Jul 25 ’24, which means that York Capital Management Global is holding 4,264,298 shares at $263,045,528 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for NEXT
The total capital return value is set at -0.03. Equity return is now at value -18.56, with -1.27 for asset returns.
Based on NextDecade Corporation (NEXT), the company’s capital structure generated 0.92 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.02. The debt to equity ratio resting at 10.77. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -2.54.
The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.69.
Conclusion
To put it simply, NextDecade Corporation (NEXT) has had a better 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.
