8X8 Inc. (EGHT) Clearly Signals Buy-Into the Stock: Don’t ignore the signals

With 0.79 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.54 million shares. During the session, the Software – Application company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $2.3601 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $2.25. The 52-week range on EGHT shows that it touched its highest point at $4.88 and its lowest point at $2.15 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $4.28. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.44.

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 EGHT was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -10.67%, but this was down by -17.52% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -35.61% while six-month performance fell -6.22%. The stock lost -42.35% in the past year, while it has lost -40.21% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for EGHT yields -0.45 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.45. For the next quarter, that number is 0.07. This implies an EPS growth rate of 39.65% for this year and -2.18% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 123.42 million EGHT shares are outstanding with a float of 119.07 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-03-28, short shares totaled 15.08 million, which was 12.2200005 higher than short shares on 1709164800. In addition to Mr. Samuel C. Wilson as the firm’s CEO & Director, Mr. Kevin Kraus serves as its Chief Financial Officer.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.95442003 of EGHT’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority 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 2021-09-30, EGHT reported revenue of $181006000.0 and operating income of $1643000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $15004000.0 and diluted EPS was -$0.17.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for EGHT 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.

Dividends & Yield:

In terms of dividends, EGHT has a current ratio of $––, which is $–– over the trailing 12-months, while a dividend of $–– is likely to be paid on average over the next five years. Dividend yield is another indicator that appeals to many investors, and EGHT currently yields $0.00. In the past year, EGHT’s dividend yield has been $0.00, but when looking at the stock over the past five years, its yield has been $–. Accordingly, EGHT has a current buyback yield of $0.00. This was $0.00 for the TTM, and it was $– for the past five years.