Chegg Inc. (NYSE:CHGG) saw an upside of 1.28% to $9.86 after adding $0.12on Wednesday. The 5-day average trading volume is 2,484,906 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $10.79 in the past week and touched a new high 1 time within the past 5 days. An average of 3,765,207 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 3,163,869.
CHGG’s 1-month performance is -2.23% or $0.27 on its low of $9.52 reached on 08/16/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $8.55 and high of $30.05, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 01/05/23. YTD, CHGG has lost -60.96% or -$15.40 and has reached a new high 3 times. However, the current price is down -67.17% from the 52-week high price.
Insider Transactions
CHGG stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Jun 14.Schultz Nathan J. (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER) most recently sold 1,751 shares at $10.75 per share on Jun 14. This transaction cost the insider $18,823. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, Schultz Nathan J., sold 818 shares at a price of $9.56 on Jun 05. Then, on Mar 15, Chief Operating Officer Schultz Nathan J. sold 7,007 shares at a price of $16.10 per share. This transaction amounted to $112,801.
Valuation Metrics
CHGG stock has a beta of 1.12. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 1.63 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 1.12, with the price to cash flow ratio at 7.18.
Chegg Inc.’s quick ratio for the period ended June 29 was 3.10, with the current ratio over the same period at 3.10. As well, the company’s long term debt to equity for the quarter ending June 29 was 0.74, while the total debt to equity was 0.74. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 73.90%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is 13.87% while for the period ending June 29, Chegg Inc.’s operating margin was 16.30%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $569.5 million against revenue of $766.9 million.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending June 29 this year, Net income and sales went down compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income grew 69.61% to $24.61 million, while revenue of $2.19 million was 91.1% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected CHGG to announce $0.29 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted $0.28, representing a -3.40% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than $8.72 million. CHGG stock balance sheet for the quarter ending June 29 shows that total liabilities totaled 933.53 million, with total debt at $788.3 million. Shareholders hold equity totaling $115.32 million.
Let’s look briefly at Chegg Inc. (CHGG) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 22 August was 47.22% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 71.32%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $10.05, reflecting a +3.57% or $0.34 change from its current price. CHGG is currently trading -2.28% above its 20-day SMA, -39.22% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by -9.70% and SMA200 by-61.37%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 10.21% and 13.71% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 0.53. The RSI (14) points at 48.69%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 9.75% with the period’s ATR at 0.53. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -0.10 and -0.21 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for Chegg Inc. (NYSE: CHGG), Jefferies downgraded it to a Hold rating. They previously had a Buy rating on the stock. Analysts offering their rating for CHGG stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Hold. Currently, 0 brokerage advisors rate CHGG as a “sell,”, while 14 advise that investors “Hold.” 0 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 0 rates the stock as overweight while 1 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is CHGG’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $11.00 and a high of $18.00, with their median price target at $13.00. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for Chegg Inc. (CHGG) stock is $13.35.
