AquaBounty Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: AQB) has experienced a rise in its stock price by 14.88 compared to its previous closing price of 0.64. However, the company has seen a gain of 7.80% in its stock price over the last five trading days. newsfilecorp.com reported 2025-03-27 that Harvard, Massachusetts–(Newsfile Corp. – March 27, 2025) – AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AQB) (“AquaBounty” or the “Company”), a land-based aquaculture company utilizing technology to enhance productivity and sustainability, today announced the Company’s financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2024. Full Year 2024 Highlights and Recent Developments For the year ended December 31, 2024, product revenue totaled $789 thousand, a year-over-year decrease of 68% as compared to $2.5 million in 2023, as the Company sold its Indiana grow-out farm (“Indiana Farm”) in July and began to wind down its fish rearing operations at its two Canadian farm sites (“Canadian Farms”) in December.
Is It Worth Investing in AquaBounty Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: AQB) Right Now?
Company’s 36-month beta value is 1.14.Analysts have differing opinions on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 1 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for AQB is 3.80M, and currently, short sellers hold a 4.09% ratio of that floaft. The average trading volume of AQB on May 06, 2025 was 994.64K shares.
AQB’s Market Performance
AQB’s stock has seen a 7.80% increase for the week, with a 14.75% rise in the past month and a -6.03% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 8.90%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 8.80% for AquaBounty Technologies Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 12.67% for AQB’s stock, with a -20.83% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of AQB
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for AQB stocks, with H.C. Wainwright repeating the rating for AQB by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for AQB in the upcoming period, according to H.C. Wainwright is $4.50 based on the research report published on November 09, 2021 of the previous year 2021.
ROTH Capital, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see AQB reach a price target of $6. The rating they have provided for AQB stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on October 08th, 2021.
Oppenheimer gave a rating of “Outperform” to AQB, setting the target price at $7 in the report published on July 01st of the previous year.
AQB Trading at 11.04% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought AQB to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -66.12% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 8.80%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 8.90%, as shares surge +7.10% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +5.09% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, AQB rose by +2.62%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -58.34% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $0.6508. In addition, AquaBounty Technologies Inc saw 17.37% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Stock Fundamentals for AQB
The total capital return value is set at -3.51. Equity return is now at value -53.80, with -47.37 for asset returns.
Based on AquaBounty Technologies Inc (AQB), the company’s capital structure generated 0.07 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -10.8. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.08. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -27.44.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 113.75 million with net debt to EBITDA at -0.01. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 3.02.
Conclusion
In a nutshell, AquaBounty Technologies Inc (AQB) has experienced a mixed performance in recent times. The stock has received mixed “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. 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.
