The trading price of POET Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:POET) closed higher on Tuesday, January 21, and closing at $5.49, 10.91% higher than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $5.07 and $5.5599. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $7.79 and a 52-week low of $0.92. Over the past month, the stock has gained 23.65% in value.
POET Technologies Inc, whose market valuation is $388.20 million 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. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by -0.07 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of -0.44 for current year and -0.28 for next year.
From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue is 59.69k.
On the technical side, indicators suggest POET has a 50% 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.
A quick review shows that POET’s price is currently -2.40% off the SMA20 and 11.64% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 52.31, and weekly volatility stands at 7.32%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 11.72%. POET Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:POET)’s beta value is currently sitting at 0.41, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.58. With analysts defining $3.5-$3.5 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $3.5 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 36.25% off the estimated low and 36.25% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if POET’s share price rises to $3.5, which is the median consensus price. At that level, POET’s share price would be 36.25% above current price.
To see how POET Technologies Inc stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: POET stock’s performance was 10.91% in the latest trading, and 484.04% in the past year.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of POET Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:POET) indicates that the 3-month average is 2.27 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 2.38.
Currently, records show that 70.21 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 1.11% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 8.93%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2024-10-31, stood at 2.11 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 1.53 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 306.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in October were up slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 2.09 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen -7.73% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even lower.
