Holdings of Shopify Inc (SHOP) are aligned with the stars

With 7.67 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 7.93 million shares. During the session, the Software – Application company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $121.93 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $116.54. The 52-week range on SHOP shows that it touched its highest point at $120.72 and its lowest point at $48.56 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $121.55. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.47.

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 SHOP was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 8.47%, but this was up by 9.48% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 45.29% while six-month performance rose 90.85%. The stock gained 41.87% in the past year, while it has gained 9.85% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SHOP yields 1.06 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.56. For the next quarter, that number is 0.43. This implies an EPS growth rate of 77.55% for this year and 19.99% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 1.21 billion SHOP shares are outstanding with a float of 1.21 billion shares on hand for trading. On 2025-01-15, short shares totaled 16.89 million, which was 130.99999 higher than short shares on 1734048000. In addition to Mr. Tobias Lütke as the firm’s Founder, Chairman, CEO and Head of R&D, Mr. Harley Finkelstein serves as its President.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.71748 of SHOP’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 2024-09-30, SHOP reported revenue of $2162000000.0 and operating income of $283000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $-237000000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.64.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for SHOP since 34 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 21 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 13 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With SHOP analysts setting a high price target of 145.0 and a low target of 78.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 121.094. Based on these targets, SHOP could surge 24.14% to reach the target high and fall by -33.22% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 3.68% 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. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.36273 being high and $1.20001 being low. For SHOP, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.28137. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.36 and the low estimate is $0.2. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.28.

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