Vacasa Inc. (NASDAQ:VCSA) saw a downside of -1.26% to $0.68 after subtracting -$0.01 on Monday. The 5-day average trading volume is 450,732 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $0.7468 in the past week and touched a new high 1 time within the past 5 days. An average of 666,013 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 1,272,023.
VCSA’s 1-month performance is 3.83% or $0.0329 on its low of $0.6501 reached on 07/21/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $0.58 and high of $5.70, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 02/02/23. YTD, VCSA has lost -45.94% or -$0.5710 and has reached a new high 13 times. However, the current price is down -88.05% from the 52-week high price.
Insider Transactions
VCSA stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Aug 04.Mossytree Inc. (10% Owner) most recently sold 100,000 shares at $0.70 per share on Aug 04. This transaction cost the insider $70,000. 10% Owner, Mossytree Inc., sold 100,000 shares at a price of $0.70 on Aug 03. Then, on Aug 02, 10% Owner Mossytree Inc. sold 50,000 shares at a price of $0.72 per share. This transaction amounted to $36,000.
Valuation Metrics
VCSA stock has a beta of 0.67. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 0.25 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 0.41.
Vacasa Inc.’s quick ratio for the period ended March 30 was 0.70, with the current ratio over the same period at 0.70. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 53.00%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is -3.67% while for the period ending March 30, Vacasa Inc.’s operating margin was -31.90%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $623.58 million against revenue of $1.19 billion.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending March 30 this year, Net income and sales went up compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income shrunk -18.03% to -$23.79 million, while revenue of -$163.18 million was -585.92% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected VCSA to announce -$0.26 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted -$0.1, representing a 61.50% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than -$25.57 million. VCSA stock balance sheet for the quarter ending March 30 shows that total liabilities totaled 1.02 billion, with total debt at $29.45 million. Shareholders hold equity totaling $441.24 million.
Let’s look briefly at Vacasa Inc. (VCSA) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 04 August was 42.27% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 37.22%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $0.7084, reflecting a -7.08% or -$0.0525 change from its current price. VCSA is currently trading -0.25% above its 20-day SMA, -47.40% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by -5.77% and SMA200 by-80.75%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 30.46% and 34.04% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 0.0484. The RSI (14) points at 45.98%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 32.44% with the period’s ATR at 0.0524. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -0.0202 and -0.0157 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for Vacasa Inc. (NASDAQ: VCSA), Oppenheimer downgraded it to a Perform rating. They previously had an Outperform rating on the stock. Analysts offering their rating for VCSA stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Hold. Currently, 0 brokerage advisors rate VCSA as a “sell,”, while 6 advise that investors “Hold.” 0 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 0 rates the stock as overweight while 2 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is VCSA’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $0.90 and a high of $1.75, with their median price target at $1.50. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for Vacasa Inc. (VCSA) stock is $1.41.
