The trading price of Upstart Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UPST) closed lower on Monday, December 09, and closing at $76.39, -1.00% lower than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $74.35 and $79.19. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $86.07 and a 52-week low of $20.60. Over the past month, the stock has gained 37.71% in value.
Upstart Holdings Inc, whose market valuation is $7.32 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in January. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable.
On the technical side, indicators suggest UPST has a 100% Buy on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 100% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 100% Buy.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned UPST a recommendation rating is 12. Out of them, 6 rate it a Hold, while 2 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged Upstart Holdings Inc (UPST) as Underweight, while 4 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Hold, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
A quick review shows that UPST’s price is currently 4.45% off the SMA20 and 29.99% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 60.35, and weekly volatility stands at 5.92%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 8.37%. Upstart Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UPST)’s beta value is currently sitting at 2.19, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 5.29. With analysts defining $33-$85 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $45 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 56.8% off the estimated low and -11.27% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if UPST’s share price rises to $45, which is the median consensus price. At that level, UPST’s share price would be 41.09% above current price.
To see how Upstart Holdings Inc stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: UPST stock’s performance was -1.00% in the latest trading, and 125.54% in the past year.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Upstart Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UPST) indicates that the 3-month average is 7.92 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 6.46.
Currently, records show that 91.00 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 13.66% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 55.25%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2024-11-15, stood at 22.29 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 2.52 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 2796.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in November were down slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 24.66 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 86.96% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
