The trading price of SelectQuote Inc (NYSE:SLQT) closed higher on Friday, December 27, and closing at $3.68, 1.38% higher than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $3.49 and $3.71. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $4.46 and a 52-week low of $1.03. Over the past month, the stock has gained 30.50% in value.
SelectQuote Inc, whose market valuation is $639.83 million 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. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by 0 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of 0 for current year and 0 for next year.
Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of 447M for the current quarter, with the likely lows of 421M and highs of 490.5M. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue is 1.46B.
On the technical side, indicators suggest SLQT 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 50% Sell, 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 SLQT a recommendation rating is 1. Out of them, 1 rate it a Hold, while 0 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged SelectQuote Inc (SLQT) as Underweight, while 0 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 SLQT’s price is currently 20.70% off the SMA20 and 41.42% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 70.87, and weekly volatility stands at 9.24%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 7.37%. SelectQuote Inc (NYSE:SLQT)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.19, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.24. With analysts defining $1.5-$3 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $2 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 59.24% off the estimated low and 18.48% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if SLQT’s share price rises to $2, which is the median consensus price. At that level, SLQT’s share price would be 45.65% above current price.
To see how SelectQuote Inc stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: SLQT stock’s performance was 1.38% in the latest trading, and 150.34% in the past year.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of SelectQuote Inc (NYSE:SLQT) indicates that the 3-month average is 1.09 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 1.26.
Currently, records show that 171.50 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 21.08% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 40.03%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2024-12-13, stood at 1.85 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 2.71 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 138.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in December were down slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 2.11 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 168.61% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
