E.W. Scripps Co. (NASDAQ: SSP): Should Value Hunters Buy Stock?

E.W. Scripps Co. (NASDAQ:SSP) price closed lower on current market day and dropping -4.47% below its previous close.

A look at the daily price movement shows that the last close reads $2.35, with intraday deals fluctuated between $2.115 and $2.36. The company’s 5Y monthly beta was ticking 1.74. Taking into account the 52-week price action we note that the stock hit a 52-week high of $9.35 and 52-week low of $1.68. The stock added 6.40% on its value in the past month.

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E.W. Scripps Co., which has a market valuation of $193.34 million, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in November.

Technical indicators in stocks provide crucial insights into market trends, guiding investors with precise entry and exit points based on price movements for informed decision-making.On the technical perspective front, indicators give SSP a short term outlook of 50% Sell on average. Looking at the stock’s medium term indicators we note that it is averaging as a 100% Sell, while an average of long term indicators are currently assigning the stock as 100% Sell.

Here is a look at the average analyst rating for the stock as represented on a scale of 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock is strong buy or strong sell respectively. Specifically, 1 analysts have assigned SSP a recommendation rating as follows: 1 rate it as a Hold; 0 advise Buy while 0 analyst(s) assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged the E.W. Scripps Co. (SSP) stock as Underweight, with 0 recommending Sell. In general, analysts have rated the stock Hold, a scenario likely to bolster investors out for an opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.

The overview shows that SSP’s price is at present 19.48% off the SMA20 and -7.55% from the SMA50. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) metric on the 14-day timeframe is pointing at 56.84, with weekly volatility standing at 10.69%. The indicator jumps to 8.66% when calculated based on the past 30 days. E.W. Scripps Co. (NASDAQ:SSP)’s beta value is holding at 1.74, while the average true range (ATR) indicator is currently reading 0.19.

An analysis of the E.W. Scripps Co. (NASDAQ:SSP) stock in terms of its daily trading volume indicates that the 3-month average is 704.00K. However, this figure increases on the past 10-day timeline to an average of 0.94 million.

Current records show that the company has 72.84M in outstanding shares. The insiders’ percentage holdings are 16.93% of outstanding shares while the percentage share held by institutions stands at 68.62%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2024-09-13, stood at 4.38 million shares, which puts the short ratio at the time at 7.25. From this we can glean that short interest is 1026.00 of company’s current outstanding shares. Notably, we see that shares short in September rose slightly given the previous month’s figure stood at 3.83 million. But the -71.90% downside, the stock’s price has registered year-to-date as of last trading, will likely reignite investor interest given the prospect of it rallying even higher.

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