Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ:BLNK) saw a downside of -2.79% to close Tuesday at $4.53 after subtracting -$0.13 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 2,254,640 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $5.47 in the past week and touched a new high 1 time within the past 5 days. An average of 2,454,485 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 2,343,198.
BLNK’s 1-month performance is -27.29% or -$1.57 on its low of $4.47 reached on 08/22/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $4.62 and high of $24.23, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 02/02/23. YTD, BLNK has lost -58.71% or -$6.44 and has reached a new high 11 times. However, the current price is down -81.30% from the 52-week high price.
Insider Transactions
BLNK stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Aug 18.FARKAS MICHAEL D (Dir. Former Chairman & CEO) most recently sold 20,000 shares at $4.83 per share on Aug 18. This transaction cost the insider $96,660. Dir. Former Chairman & CEO, FARKAS MICHAEL D, sold 10,000 shares at a price of $5.04 on Aug 17. Then, on Aug 16, Dir. Former Chairman & CEO FARKAS MICHAEL D sold 10,000 shares at a price of $5.35 per share. This transaction amounted to $53,510.
Valuation Metrics
BLNK stock has a beta of 2.75. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 3.06 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 0.87.
Blink Charging Co.’s quick ratio for the period ended June 29 was 1.80, with the current ratio over the same period at 2.50.. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 29.80%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is -122.39%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $14.8 million against revenue of $61.14 million.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending June 29 this year, Net income and sales went up compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income grew 45.47% to -$41.48 million, while revenue of -$29.8 million was 28.16% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected BLNK to announce -$0.49 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted -$0.67, representing a -36.70% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than -$36.41 million. BLNK stock balance sheet for the quarter ending June 29 shows that total liabilities totaled 147.88 million, with total debt at $15.91 million. Shareholders hold equity totaling $63.99 million.
Let’s look briefly at Blink Charging Co. (BLNK) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 22 August was 22.60% to suggest the stock is trending oversold, with historical volatility in this time period at 63.66%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $4.84, reflecting a -16.57% or -$0.90 change from its current price. BLNK is currently trading -23.09% above its 20-day SMA, -43.73% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by -23.99% and SMA200 by-67.10%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 3.06% and 3.23% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 0.39. The RSI (14) points at 28.94%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 2.16% with the period’s ATR at 0.39. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -0.55 and -0.96 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ: BLNK), Barclays launched coverage with an Equal weight rating. Analysts offering their rating for BLNK stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Hold. Currently, 0 brokerage advisors rate BLNK 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 BLNK’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $5.32 and a high of $50.00, with their median price target at $8.50. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for Blink Charging Co. (BLNK) stock is $15.29.
