Comtech Telecommunications Corp (NASDAQ:CMTL) traded at $4.57 at last check on current trade day and made an upward move of 8.69% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $4.20 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 1.603 with the day’s price range being $4.33 – $4.88. In terms of its 52-week price range, CMTL has a high of $8.67 and a low of $1.53. The company’s stock has gained about 28.23% over that past 30 days.
Comtech Telecommunications Corp has a market cap of $136.53 million and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in February.
Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at 125.53M, with a low of 124M and a high of 127M. The median projection represents growth adding up to -17.37% compared to sales growth for the corresponding quarter a year ago. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for current year is expected to hit 534.92M, or -1.02% down from figures reported last year.
On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the CMTL stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 100% Buy, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 50% Buy.
Based on estimates by 2 analysts, where scores have ranged from 1.00 for a strong buy to 5.00 for a strong sell, 2 have rated the Comtech Telecommunications Corp (CMTL) stock as a Hold, while 0 rate it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) rate it as overweight while 0 of them rated it as underweight, whereas 0 suggest the stock as a Sell. The stock has an overall rating of Hold and investors could take advantage and scoop up stock of the company.
Looking further, we note the current price level is 22.22% off its SMA20 and 34.59% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 67.25 while the volatility over the past week is 10.64% and jumps to 12.24% over the past one month. The beta value is 1.49, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 0.45. The average price target for the stock over the next 12 months is $9, with the estimates having a low of $3.5 and a high of $14.5. These price ends are 23.41% and -217.29% off the today’s price level respectively, although investors could be excited at the prospect of a -96.94% if the CMTL share price touches on the median price of $9.
Coming back to Comtech Telecommunications Corp (NASDAQ:CMTL), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 467.05K, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 0.73 million. Current shares outstanding are 28.73 million.
The insiders hold 10.52% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 48.97%. The data shows that short shares as of 2024-12-13, stood at 1.02 million at a short ratio of 2.78. This represents a 355.00 short interest in shares outstanding on 2024-12-13. Shares short rose in December from the previous month at 0.87 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with today’s price pushing the stock 13.84% up in year-to-date price movement.
