SmartRent Inc (NYSE: SMRT)’s stock price has soared by 5.76 in relation to previous closing price of 0.96. Nevertheless, the company has seen a gain of 14.29% in its stock price over the last five trading days. https://247wallst.com reported 2025-04-29 that Medical bills are a nightmare, and one of the only things that can make them worse is getting one from years ago when you weren’t expecting it. Are you under any obligation to pay your medical bills when you were a child? What options are available to you when you can’t afford to pay a medical bill? Key Points If you receive a bill for medical care while a minor, you are under no obligation to pay that bill or to even help the hospital find who is responsible. Never pay a medical bill right away. There are always ways to reduce your bill or avoid it altogether. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool can match you with a financial advisor in minutes to help you answer that today. Each advisor has been carefully vetted, and must act in your best interests. Don’t waste another minute; get started by clicking here.(Sponsor) One person faced these questions after receiving a medical bill for care while they were under the age of 18. They took their concerns to the people in the r/personalfinance community on Reddit. We combed through the more reliable and useful responses to find out what they said. Please remember, of course, that everything in this article and in the original thread are opinions, not legal or financial advice. The Original Question Hospitals in America. The author of the original post says that they recently turned 18 years old, but while they were still 17 they underwent surgery in a local hospital. They did not have insurance at the time. They didn’t receive the bill until after they had turned 18 and couldn’t afford to pay it. It is for $2,800. They contacted the hospital and the third-party finance company to get some clarification. The hospital said that any finance questions have to be directed toward the finance department which was transitioning and unable to handle questions at the time. The author went online and asked if they were obligated to pay the bill since they were a minor when they had the surgery. The Community Response A hospital charging a patient for care. The most common and strongest recommendation was that the author should not pay anything right away, even if it is eventually determined that they are responsible for the bill. There is almost always a way or a mechanism to not only make bills easier to pay but to also reduce the bill as well. That being said, there were plenty of people who said that the author is probably not responsible for it since minors cannot legally assume debt since they are too young to enter into a legally binding contract. Therefore, it is most likely that the author’s parents are ultimately responsible for the bill. However, the author is under no obligation to give the hospital any more information than is necessary to prove they were a minor at the time of the surgery. They don’t have to provide information about their parents, or even that their parents were present for the surgery. If the hospital wants to collect its money, it will have to do the work to find that information itself. There are several ways to accomplish this, but it usually involves speaking to someone in the billing or finance department, and escalating the issue to managers and superiors, until someone finally listens. The process will differ depending on the state and hospital. Others suggested that even asking someone who was a minor to pay a bill is illegal, and reminding the hospital or collecting party of this fact is sometimes enough to get them to stop. Many other people supported this advice and added some additional tips and recommendations. First, be prepared for the hospital and the finance department (or third-party collector) to get very hostile and even use threats. Second, if you are scared about someone coming after you for your money, even if you’re not legally responsible for it, ask a lawyer for help. Third, some people actually just ignore their medical bills. After they are given to a collection agency, these companies usually just sign them off as a loss and move on and the medical bills will be removed from your credit history after a few years. Just by waiting a few years to pay a bill, one can often get the bill reduced to less than half the original amount. The post I Got a $2,800 Hospital Bill for Treatment as a Minor – Am I Responsible for This Cost? appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.
Is It Worth Investing in SmartRent Inc (NYSE: SMRT) Right Now?
SMRT has 36-month beta value of 1.86. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 3 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for SMRT is 175.16M, and currently, short sellers hold a 3.08% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of SMRT on May 02, 2025 was 1.93M shares.
SMRT’s Market Performance
SMRT stock saw a decrease of 14.29% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -11.74% and a quarterly a decrease of -30.95%. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.01%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 11.18% for SmartRent Inc (SMRT). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 14.23% for SMRT’s stock, with a -34.06% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of SMRT
Cantor Fitzgerald, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see SMRT reach a price target of $2, previously predicting the price at $4. The rating they have provided for SMRT stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on August 08th, 2024.
SMRT Trading at -6.06% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought SMRT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -65.94% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 11.18%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 6.01%, as shares sank -6.54% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -34.64% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, SMRT rose by +12.60%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -60.63% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $0.8878. In addition, SmartRent Inc saw -42.00% 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 SMRT starting from Paladin Michael Shane, who purchase 43,859 shares at the price of $1.14 back on Mar 13 ’25. After this action, Paladin Michael Shane now owns 43,859 shares of SmartRent Inc, valued at $49,999 using the latest closing price.
DORMAN JOHN C, the Director of SmartRent Inc, purchase 125,000 shares at $1.20 during a trade that took place back on Mar 10 ’25, which means that DORMAN JOHN C is holding 229,965 shares at $150,000 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for SMRT
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.19 for the present operating margin
- 0.35 for the gross margin
The net margin for SmartRent Inc stands at -0.19. The total capital return value is set at -0.1. Equity return is now at value -10.65, with -7.24 for asset returns.
Based on SmartRent Inc (SMRT), the company’s capital structure generated 0.02 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -4.69.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -35.28 million with net debt to EBITDA at 3.64. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.34. The receivables turnover for the company is 2.95for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.42. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 3.50.
Conclusion
To put it simply, SmartRent Inc (SMRT) 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.
