The stock of Wolfspeed Inc (NYSE: WOLF) has decreased by -2.58 when compared to last closing price of 2.71. Despite this, the company has experienced a 1.93% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. proactiveinvestors.com reported 2025-03-28 that Wolfspeed Inc (NYSE:WOLF) shares fell almost 50% amid concerns the chipmaker may not receive federal funding from the CHIPS and Science Act. The company’s outgoing interim executive chairman Thomas Werner commented that the company is being managed to not be overly reliant on CHIPS funds, raising investor concerns about securing the funding.
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Additionally, the 36-month beta value for WOLF is 1.65. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 rating it as “overweight,” 9 rating it as “hold,” and 1 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for WOLF is 154.06M and currently, short sellers hold a 27.86% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of WOLF on April 07, 2025 was 23.79M shares.
WOLF’s Market Performance
WOLF stock saw a decrease of 1.93% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -47.62% and a quarterly a decrease of -60.18%. The volatility ratio for the week is 13.36%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 12.88% for Wolfspeed Inc (WOLF). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -45.48% for WOLF’s stock, with a -75.37% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of WOLF
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for WOLF stocks, with Mizuho repeating the rating for WOLF by listing it as a “Underperform.” The predicted price for WOLF in the upcoming period, according to Mizuho is $8 based on the research report published on October 03, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
TD Cowen, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see WOLF reach a price target of $15, previously predicting the price at $25. The rating they have provided for WOLF stocks is “Hold” according to the report published on August 22nd, 2024.
Goldman gave a rating of “Buy” to WOLF, setting the target price at $28 in the report published on August 22nd of the previous year.
WOLF Trading at -51.91% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought WOLF to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -91.45% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 12.88%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 13.36%, as shares sank -55.63% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -56.79% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, WOLF rose by +1.93%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -90.25% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $4.84. In addition, Wolfspeed Inc saw -60.36% 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 WOLF starting from Dorchak Glenda, who purchase 3,592 shares at the price of $8.33 back on Nov 22 ’24. After this action, Dorchak Glenda now owns 18,688 shares of Wolfspeed Inc, valued at $29,921 using the latest closing price.
JACKSON DARREN R, the Director of Wolfspeed Inc, purchase 36,975 shares at $6.76 during a trade that took place back on Nov 20 ’24, which means that JACKSON DARREN R is holding 85,996 shares at $249,999 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for WOLF
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.98 for the present operating margin
- -0.06 for the gross margin
The net margin for Wolfspeed Inc stands at -1.26. The total capital return value is set at -0.11. Equity return is now at value -128.47, with -13.02 for asset returns.
Based on Wolfspeed Inc (WOLF), the company’s capital structure generated 0.92 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.16. The debt to equity ratio resting at 12.01. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -2.86.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -145.2 million with net debt to EBITDA at -8.01. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 5.5. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.15for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.1. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 3.15.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Wolfspeed Inc (WOLF) has seen bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it 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.
