The trading price of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp (NASDAQ:BGFV) closed higher on Friday, January 17, and closing at $1.68, 0.60% higher than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $1.645 and $1.69. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $5.63 and a 52-week low of $1.45. Over the past month, the stock has lost -8.70% in value.
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp, whose market valuation is $38.14 million at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in February. The dividend yield on the company stock is 5.95%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 0.10. 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.
On the technical side, indicators suggest BGFV has a 50% Sell 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% Sell, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 100% Sell.
A quick review shows that BGFV’s price is currently -4.36% off the SMA20 and -4.05% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 44.57, and weekly volatility stands at 4.90%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 9.41%. Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp (NASDAQ:BGFV)’s beta value is currently sitting at 2.33, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.12.
To see how Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: BGFV stock’s performance was 0.60% in the latest trading, and -64.89% in the past year.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp (NASDAQ:BGFV) indicates that the 3-month average is 304.94K. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 0.17.
Currently, records show that 22.70 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 6.72% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 21.49%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2024-12-31, stood at 1.57 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 3.41 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 733.00 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 1.7 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen -6.15% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even lower.
