The trading price of Semtech Corp (NASDAQ:SMTC) closed higher on Tuesday, January 21, and closing at $77.15, 2.87% higher than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $73.78 and $77.24. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $75.75 and a 52-week low of $18.72. Over the past month, the stock has gained 17.37% in value.
Semtech Corp, whose market valuation is $6.65 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in February. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable.
On the technical side, indicators suggest SMTC 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 SMTC a recommendation rating is 14. Out of them, 2 rate it a Hold, while 11 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged Semtech Corp (SMTC) as Underweight, while 1 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Buy, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
A quick review shows that SMTC’s price is currently 16.44% off the SMA20 and 26.30% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 67.90, and weekly volatility stands at 7.33%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 5.25%. Semtech Corp (NASDAQ:SMTC)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.65, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 4.02. With analysts defining $61-$75 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $68 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 20.93% off the estimated low and 2.79% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if SMTC’s share price rises to $68, which is the median consensus price. At that level, SMTC’s share price would be 11.86% above current price.
To see how Semtech Corp stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: SMTC stock’s performance was 2.87% in the latest trading, and 288.66% in the past year.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Semtech Corp (NASDAQ:SMTC) indicates that the 3-month average is 1.74 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 1.93.
Currently, records show that 86.18 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 1.02% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 98.74%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2024-10-31, stood at 6.84 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 4.78 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 1218.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in October were down slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 7.67 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 24.74% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
