Movella Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: MVLA) stock jumped 36.57% on Wednesday to $2.39 against a previous-day closing price of $1.75. With 7.77 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.91 million shares. The 52-week range on MVLA shows that it touched its highest point at $10.76 and its lowest point at $1.25 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $5.00.
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Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of MVLA was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 63.70%, but this was up by 69.50% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -16.14% while six-month performance fell -76.08%. The stock lost -75.54% in the past year, while it has lost -76.27% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for MVLA yields -0.01 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.03. For the next quarter, that number is -0.06. This implies an EPS growth rate of -102.40% for this year and 117.60% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 40.62 million MVLA shares are outstanding with a float of 33.79 million shares on hand for trading. On May 14, 2023, short shares totaled 0.62 million, which was 1.22% higher than short shares on Apr 13, 2023. In addition to Mr. Ben A. Lee as the firm’s Pres, CEO & Director, Mr. Stephen M. Smith serves as its Chief Financial Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 104.99% of MVLA’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company. Other institutions hold 21.09% of MVLA, in contrast to 2.94% held by mutual funds. Shares owned by individuals account for 2.06%. As the largest shareholder in MVLA with 3.34% of the stake, Alpha Wave Global LP holds 1,694,748 shares worth 1,694,748. A second-largest stockholder of MVLA, Intel Corp., holds 189,987 shares, controlling over 0.38% of the firm’s shares. Lumyna Investments Ltd. is the third largest shareholder in MVLA, holding 121,193 shares or 0.24% stake. With a 0.73% stake in MVLA, the Merger Fund is the largest stakeholder. A total of 370,605 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager. The First Trust Merger Arbitrage Fund, which owns about 0.33% of MVLA stock, is the second-largest Mutual Fund holder. It holds 166,810 shares valued at 0.23 million. Picton Mahoney Fortified Arbitrag holds 0.17% of the stake in MVLA, owning 86,700 shares worth 0.12 million.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on Mar 30, 2023, MVLA reported revenue of $8.58M and operating income of -$6.82M. Over the past year, revenue came in at $36.53M while operating income stood at -$23.50M. It generated -$6.88M net income for the quarter, which came to -$22.24M over the last twelve months. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$4.96M and diluted EPS was -$1.38. EBITDA for the full year was -$14.93M.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for MVLA since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With MVLA analysts setting a high price target of $5.00 and a low target of $4.50, the average target price over the next 12 months is $4.75. Based on these targets, MVLA could surge 109.21% to reach the target high and rise by 88.28% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 98.74% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded MVLA stock several times over the past three months with 5 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 357,140 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 9 while that of sell transactions has remained unmoved to 0 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 14,608,164 while 0 shares were sold.
