Optex Systems Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:OPXS) shares, rose in value on Wednesday, June 18, with the stock price up by 14.05% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $10.35.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $9.07, falling within a range of $8.8127 and $10.45. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.246 whereas the PE ratio was 14.59 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $11.20, and the low was $5.36. On the whole, OPXS has fluctuated by 21.37% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Optex Systems Holdings Inc currently standing at about $71.54 million, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in July.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that OPXS’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the price of OPXS currently trading nearly 14.16% and 36.95% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 65.87, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 8.11% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 5.25%. Furthermore, Optex Systems Holdings Inc (OPXS)’s beta value is 0.25, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.78.
A comparison of Optex Systems Holdings Inc (OPXS) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. OPXS showed an intraday change of 14.05% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 38.86%%.
Data on historical trading for Optex Systems Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:OPXS) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 97300.0 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 31.58K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 6.90 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 24.07% of Optex Systems Holdings Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 34.22% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 7026.0 shares as on 2025-05-30, resulting in a short ratio of 0.25. According to the data, the short interest in Optex Systems Holdings Inc (OPXS) stood at 18.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-05-30; the number of short shares registered in 2025-04-30 reached 12244.0. The stock has risen by 50.87% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the OPXS stock heading into the next quarter.
