BARK Inc. (NYSE:BARK) finished Wednesday with a subtraction of -$0.2 to close at $1.24, a downside of -13.89 percent. An average of 860,220 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a fall of -$0.1400 in the past week, and it reached a new high 5 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 586,870 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 951,844.
BARK stock has decreased by -20.00% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $1.2100 on 08/09/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 02/02/23, shares of the company touched a low of $1.00 and a high of $2.74 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 9 times so far this year and lost -16.78% or -$0.2500 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -54.74% from the 52-week high.
Valuation Metrics
BARK Inc. (BARK) stock’s beta is 1.70. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 0.42, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 1.29.
Financial Health
The quick ratio of BARK Inc. for the three months ended June 29 was 1.90, and the current ratio was 3.10, indicating that the company is able to meet its debt obligations. Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 0.48 and a total debt to equity ratio of 0.48 for the quarter ending June 29. BARK Inc.’s EBITDA margin for the year ending June 29 is -9.25%, while its operating margin for the same period stands at -11.90%. Its gross profit as reported stood at $308.12 million compared to revenue of $535.32 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, BARK Inc.’s return on assets was -14.50%.
Earnings Surprise
For the three-month period that ended June 29, BARK Inc. had $81.41 million in total debt. In the quarter under review, the net income was down than the previous quarter. The company posted a net income of -$11.66 million in the quarter, while revenues of -$14.2 million were shrunk -32.16%. The analyst consensus anticipated BARK Inc.’s latest quarter earnings to come in at -$0.08 per share, but it turned out to be -$0.05, a 37.50% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to -$9.88 million. Shareholders own equity worth $178.88 million.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at BARK Inc. (BARK) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 09 August was 33.28%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 91.63%.
As of today, BARK’s price is $1.3640 -10.14% or -$0.1400 from its 5-day moving average. BARK is currently trading -18.95% lower than its 20-day SMA and +4.20% higher than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is +9.73% above the SMA50 and -24.85% below the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 43.43% and 43.62%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 0.0969. With the 14-day stochastic at 11.54% and the average true range at 0.0914, the RSI (14) stands at 38.68%. The stock has reached -0.0389 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at -0.0379.
Analyst Ratings
Citigroup launched coverage on BARK Inc. (NYSE: BARK) in its analyst report released on December 13, 2022. The firm assigned the stock a Buy rating. The consensus rating for BARK Inc. (BARK) among analysts is Buy. According to current brokerage recommendations, 0 brokerage firms advise that investors sell BARK, while 0 suggest investors hold. There are 0 analysts who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 0 analysts, while 3 others rate it as a “buy”.
What is BARK’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts predict a range of price targets between $1.50 and $4.00, with a median target of $3.50. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for BARK Inc. (BARK) stock is $3.00.
