Genius Group Ltd (AMEX: GNS) stock fell -1.41% on Monday to $0.70 against a previous-day closing price of $0.71. With 0.81 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 6.66 million shares. During the session, the Education & Training Services company that operates in wider Consumer Defensive sector, reached to the highest price of $0.7180 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $0.6800. The 52-week range on GNS shows that it touched its highest point at $7.99 and its lowest point at $0.30 during that stretch. Beta for the stock currently stands at 14.47.
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 GNS was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 14.75%, but this was down by -17.65% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -42.62% while six-month performance fell -19.08%. The stock gained 42.86% in the past year, while it has gained 111.93% so far this year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 27.71 million GNS shares are outstanding with a float of 16.26 million shares on hand for trading. On Oct 30, 2023, short shares totaled 1.98 million, which was 2.69% higher than short shares on Sep 28, 2023. In addition to Mr. Roger James Hamilton as the firm’s Founder, Chairman & CEO, Mr. Suraj Naik serves as its CTO & Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 1.10% of GNS’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company. Other institutions hold 5.46% of GNS, in contrast to 0.02% held by mutual funds. As the largest shareholder in GNS with 3.68% of the stake, Susquehanna Financial Group LLLP holds 1,019,462 shares worth 1,019,462. A second-largest stockholder of GNS, Osaic Wealth, Inc., holds 154,375 shares, controlling over 0.56% of the firm’s shares. Group One Trading LP is the third largest shareholder in GNS, holding 123,961 shares or 0.45% stake. With a 0.02% stake in GNS, the Orobal Gestión, SICAV SA is the largest stakeholder. A total of 5,000 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for GNS 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 GNS analysts setting a high price target of $5.00 and a low target of $5.00, the average target price over the next 12 months is $5.00. Based on these targets, GNS could surge 614.29% to reach the target high and rise by 614.29% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 614.29% from current levels.
