Applied UV Inc. (NASDAQ:AUVI) finished Wednesday with a subtraction of -$0.02 to close at $0.71, a downside of -2.37 percent. An average of 781,240 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a gain of $0.0035 in the past week, and it reached a new high 1 time over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 497,655 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 735,093.
AUVI stock has decreased by -32.14% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $0.6500 on 08/09/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 01/27/23, shares of the company touched a low of $0.68 and a high of $10.50 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 6 times so far this year and lost -84.25% or -$3.8120 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -93.21% from the 52-week high.
Valuation Metrics
Applied UV Inc. (AUVI) stock’s beta is -1.27. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 0.23, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 0.13.
Financial Health
The quick ratio of Applied UV Inc. for the three months ended March 30 was 0.30, and the current ratio was 0.50, indicating that the company is not able to meet its debt obligations. Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 0.30 and a total debt to equity ratio of 0.54 for the quarter ending March 30. Its gross profit as reported stood at $4.04 million compared to revenue of $20.14 million.
For investors, determining the potential profitability of the investment also depends on the performance of the company’s management. In the past 12 months, Applied UV Inc.’s return on assets was -47.50%.
Earnings Surprise
For the three-month period that ended March 30, Applied UV Inc. had $1.31 million in cash and short-term investments compared to $5.45 million in total debt. In the quarter under review, the net income was up than the previous quarter. The company posted a net income of -$0.36 million in the quarter, while revenues were shrunk -0.0%. The analyst consensus anticipated Applied UV Inc.’s latest quarter earnings to come in at -$1.35 per share, but it turned out to be -$1.4, a -3.70% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to -$2.29 million. Shareholders own equity worth $3.87 million.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at Applied UV Inc. (AUVI) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 09 August was 33.18%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 65.89%.
As of today, AUVI’s price is $0.7011 +0.49% or $0.0035 from its 5-day moving average. AUVI is currently trading -27.30% lower than its 20-day SMA and -83.13% lower than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is -74.55% below the SMA50 and -86.93% below the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 13.57% and 7.91%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 0.0691. With the 14-day stochastic at 21.55% and the average true range at 0.0879, the RSI (14) stands at 32.10%. The stock has reached -0.0003 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at -0.0554.
