The trading price of Oscar Health Inc (NYSE:OSCR) closed higher on Monday, March 03, and closing at $15.09, 3.29% higher than its previous close.
In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $23.79 and a 52-week low of $12.43. Over the past month, the stock has lost -12.77% in value.
Oscar Health Inc, whose market valuation is $3.78 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in April. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by 0.9 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of 0.76 for current year and 1.18 for next year.
Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of 2.84B for the current quarter, with the likely lows of 2.77B and highs of 2.94B. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue is 11.36B.
On the technical side, indicators suggest OSCR has a Hold on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 50% Sell, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 100% Sell.
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 OSCR a recommendation rating is 5. Out of them, 2 rate it a Hold, while 3 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged Oscar Health Inc (OSCR) as Underweight, while 0 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 OSCR’s price is currently 0.55% off the SMA20 and 1.06% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 49.52, and weekly volatility stands at 6.07%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 8.03%. Oscar Health Inc (NYSE:OSCR)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.75, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 1.15. With analysts defining $5-$28 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $21 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 66.87% off the estimated low and -85.55% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if OSCR’s share price rises to $21, which is the median consensus price. At that level, OSCR’s share price would be -39.17% below current price.
To see how Oscar Health Inc stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: OSCR stock’s performance was 3.29% in the latest trading, and -5.57% in the past year, while UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) has traded -1.67%% on the day and positioned -3.08% lower than it was a year ago. Another comparable company Cigna Group (CI) saw its stock close 0.86%% higher in the most recent trading session but was down -7.51% in a year.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Oscar Health Inc (NYSE:OSCR) indicates that the 3-month average is 4.37 million.
Currently, records show that 214.97 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 29.63% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 65.33%. However, since the stock’s price has seen 12.28% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
