H World Group Limited (NASDAQ:HTHT) finished Friday with a subtraction of -$2.23 to close at $40.26, a downside of -5.25 percent. An average of 1,760,160 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a fall of -$3.66 in the past week, and it reached a new high 12 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 1,334,110 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 1,247,528.
HTHT stock has decreased by -7.85% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $39.77 on 08/25/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 02/13/23, shares of the company touched a low of $24.38 and a high of $53.52 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 9 times so far this year and lost -5.09% or -$2.16 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -24.78% from the 52-week high.
Valuation Metrics
H World Group Limited (HTHT) stock’s beta is 1.07. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 6.33, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 7.93.
Financial Health
The quick ratio of H World Group Limited for the three months ended March 30 was 0.90, and the current ratio was 0.90, indicating that the company is not able to meet its debt obligations. Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 0.77 and a total debt to equity ratio of 1.02 for the quarter ending March 30. H World Group Limited’s EBITDA margin for the year ending March 30 is 5.25%, while its operating margin for the same period stands at 6.80%. Its gross profit as reported stood at $233.0 million compared to revenue of $2.01 billion.
Earnings Surprise
For the three-month period that ended March 30, H World Group Limited had $962.0 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 -$264.0 million in the quarter, while revenues were grew 72.35%. The analyst consensus anticipated H World Group Limited’s latest quarter earnings to come in at -$0.02 per share, but it turned out to be $0.45, a 2,350.00% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to $224.0 million.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at H World Group Limited (HTHT) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 25 August was 30.25%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 41.49%.
As of today, HTHT’s price is $42.81 -8.33% or -$3.66 from its 5-day moving average. HTHT is currently trading -15.67% lower than its 20-day SMA and -18.91% lower than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is -9.32% below the SMA50 and +18.55% above the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 19.42% and 23.73%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 2.04. With the 14-day stochastic at 5.40% and the average true range at 1.96, the RSI (14) stands at 37.06%. The stock has reached -1.23 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at -2.18.
Analyst Ratings
Daiwa Securities upgraded H World Group Limited (NASDAQ: HTHT) to a a Buy rating in its most recent analyst report. Previously, the stock was rated as an Outperform. The consensus rating for H World Group Limited (HTHT) among analysts is Buy. According to current brokerage recommendations, 0 brokerage firms advise that investors sell HTHT, while 0 suggest investors hold. There are 0 analysts who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 3 analysts, while 18 others rate it as a “buy”.
What is HTHT’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts predict a range of price targets between $363.87 and $465.76, with a median target of $422.77. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for H World Group Limited (HTHT) stock is $418.79.
