Samsara Inc (NYSE: IOT) has seen a decline in its stock price by -1.91 in relation to its previous close of 34.11. However, the company has experienced a -14.05% decline in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-04-03 that IOT launches an Electronic Brake Performance Monitoring System to help fleets meet new DVSA guidelines and reduce costs with continuous brake data monitoring.
Is It Worth Investing in Samsara Inc (NYSE: IOT) Right Now?
IOT has 36-month beta value of 1.74. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 7 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 5 as “overweight,” 8 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for IOT is 278.55M, and currently, short sellers hold a 3.98% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of IOT on April 07, 2025 was 4.14M shares.
IOT’s Market Performance
IOT stock saw a decrease of -14.05% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -20.11% and a quarterly a decrease of -23.94%. The volatility ratio for the week is 5.55%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 5.45% for Samsara Inc (IOT). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -12.91% for IOT’s stock, with a -25.03% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of IOT
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for IOT stocks, with Piper Sandler repeating the rating for IOT by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for IOT in the upcoming period, according to Piper Sandler is $50 based on the research report published on March 10, 2025 of the current year 2025.
BMO Capital Markets, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see IOT reach a price target of $48. The rating they have provided for IOT stocks is “Outperform” according to the report published on March 10th, 2025.
BMO Capital Markets gave a rating of “Market Perform” to IOT, setting the target price at $48 in the report published on March 07th of the current year.
IOT Trading at -27.39% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought IOT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -45.94% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 5.45%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 5.55%, as shares sank -5.37% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -30.28% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, IOT fell by -14.05%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +18.32% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $38.42. In addition, Samsara Inc saw -23.41% 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 IOT starting from Phillips Dominic, who sale 21,157 shares at the price of $38.37 back on Apr 01 ’25. After this action, Phillips Dominic now owns 638,642 shares of Samsara Inc, valued at $811,729 using the latest closing price.
DOMINIC PHILLIPS, the Officer of Samsara Inc, proposed sale 62,225 shares at $38.33 during a trade that took place back on Apr 01 ’25, which means that DOMINIC PHILLIPS is holding shares at $2,385,084 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for IOT
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.15 for the present operating margin
- 0.76 for the gross margin
The net margin for Samsara Inc stands at -0.12. The total capital return value is set at -0.15. Equity return is now at value -15.61, with -8.24 for asset returns.
Based on Samsara Inc (IOT), the company’s capital structure generated 0.07 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 1.64.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -164.45 million with net debt to EBITDA at 1.16. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 15.13. The receivables turnover for the company is 5.34for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.62. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.35.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Samsara Inc (IOT) has had a bad 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.
