The trading price of PowerFleet Inc (NASDAQ:AIOT) floating higher at last check on current market day and closing at $7.32, 23.11% higher than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it has been fluctuating between $6.28 and $7.51. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $7.38 and a 52-week low of $2.85. Over the past month, the stock has gained 22.90% in value.
PowerFleet Inc, whose market valuation is $968.30 million at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in March. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by 0.05 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of 0.11 for current year and 0.35 for next year.
Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of 100.57M for the current quarter, with the likely lows of 99.3M and highs of 102M. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue is 352.45M.
On the technical side, indicators suggest AIOT 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 AIOT’s price is currently 19.51% off the SMA20 and 13.24% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 68.05, and weekly volatility stands at 4.98%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 5.20%. PowerFleet Inc (NASDAQ:AIOT)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.82, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.42. With analysts defining $7-$9 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $8 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 4.37% off the estimated low and -22.95% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if AIOT’s share price rises to $8, which is the median consensus price. At that level, AIOT’s share price would be -9.29% below current price.
To see how PowerFleet Inc stock has been performing today in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: AIOT stock’s performance was 23.11% at last check in today’s session, and 126.78% in the past year.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of PowerFleet Inc (NASDAQ:AIOT) indicates that the 3-month average is 1.94 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 1.53.
Currently, records show that 132.19 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 5.51% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 61.40%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2025-01-15, stood at 8.58 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 3.29 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 688.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in January were up slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 7.91 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 9.98% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
