Desktop Metal Inc. (NYSE: DM) stock fell -1.95% on Friday to $1.51 against a previous-day closing price of $1.54. With 3.12 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.59 million shares. During the session, the Computer Hardware company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $1.5650 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $1.4800. The 52-week range on DM shows that it touched its highest point at $3.50 and its lowest point at $1.13 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $2.50. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.62.
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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 DM was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -4.43%, but this was down by -0.66% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -29.11% while six-month performance fell -32.89%. The stock lost -54.93% in the past year, while it has gained 11.03% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for DM yields -1.50 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.10. For the next quarter, that number is -0.04. This implies an EPS growth rate of -155.20% for this year and 52.40% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 321.66 million DM shares are outstanding with a float of 268.41 million shares on hand for trading. On Aug 30, 2023, short shares totaled 68.08 million, which was 21.07% higher than short shares on Jul 30, 2023. In addition to Mr. Ric Fulop as the firm’s Co-Founder, CEO & Director, Mr. Jonah Myerberg serves as its Co-Founder, CTO & Sr. VP of Global Engineering.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 52.29% of DM’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company.
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 Jun 29, 2023, DM reported revenue of $57.67M and operating income of -$63.07M. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$50.35M and diluted EPS was -$0.95.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for DM 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 DM analysts setting a high price target of $2.00 and a low target of $1.60, the average target price over the next 12 months is $1.88. Based on these targets, DM could surge 32.45% to reach the target high and rise by 5.96% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 24.5% 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.
