Ocean Power Technologies (AMEX: OPTT)’s stock price has gone rise by 5.59 in comparison to its previous close of 0.37, however, the company has experienced a -10.98% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading days. proactiveinvestors.com reported 2025-04-18 that Ocean Power Technologies Inc (NYSE-A:OPTT) earlier this week discussed its recent global expansion strategy and operational resilience in an interview with Proactive. The company said it continues to pursue “responsible geographic expansions,” focusing on establishing partnerships with regional resellers and service providers.
Is It Worth Investing in Ocean Power Technologies (AMEX: OPTT) Right Now?
OPTT has 36-month beta value of 2.62. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for OPTT is 153.13M, and currently, short sellers hold a 7.81% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of OPTT on April 22, 2025 was 7.53M shares.
OPTT’s Market Performance
The stock of Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT) has seen a -10.98% decrease in the past week, with a -25.55% drop in the past month, and a -56.87% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 10.07%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 13.84% for OPTT. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -5.03% for OPTT’s stock, with a -0.87% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of OPTT
Ascendiant Capital Markets, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see OPTT reach a price target of $5. The rating they have provided for OPTT stocks is “Strong Buy” according to the report published on May 09th, 2013.
UBS gave a rating of “Buy” to OPTT, setting the target price at $14 in the report published on July 17th of the previous year.
OPTT Trading at -24.70% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought OPTT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -77.43% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 13.84%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 10.07%, as shares sank -25.22% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -52.31% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, OPTT fell by -11.16%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -0.76% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $0.4158. In addition, Ocean Power Technologies saw -61.28% 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 OPTT starting from Slaiby Peter E., who purchase 35,000 shares at the price of $0.19 back on Nov 25 ’24. After this action, Slaiby Peter E. now owns 241,871 shares of Ocean Power Technologies, valued at $6,713 using the latest closing price.
Cryan Terence James, the Director of Ocean Power Technologies, purchase 100,000 shares at $0.15 during a trade that took place back on Nov 13 ’24, which means that Cryan Terence James is holding 358,658 shares at $14,800 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for OPTT
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -3.43 for the present operating margin
- 0.38 for the gross margin
The net margin for Ocean Power Technologies stands at -3.57. The total capital return value is set at -0.7. Equity return is now at value -80.51, with -63.24 for asset returns.
Based on Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT), the company’s capital structure generated 0.07 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -9.53.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -28.24 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.39. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 9.83. The receivables turnover for the company is 3.76for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.18. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 3.88.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT) 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.
