ChargePoint Holdings Inc (NYSE:CHPT) saw a downside of -1.99% to close Monday at $4.92 after subtracting -$0.1 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 14,531,900 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $5.49 in the past week and touched a new high 2 times within the past 5 days. An average of 13,587,750 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 10,171,584.
CHPT’s 1-month performance is -27.54% or -$1.91 on its low of $4.91 reached on 09/25/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $4.92 and high of $16.60, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 02/02/23. YTD, CHPT has lost -48.37% or -$4.61 and has reached a new high 8 times. However, the current price is down -70.36% from the 52-week high price.
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Insider Transactions
CHPT stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Sep 21.JACKSON REX S (Chief Financial Officer) most recently sold 16,799 shares at $5.03 per share on Sep 21. This transaction cost the insider $84,533., Hughes Michael D, sold 13,729 shares at a price of $5.03 on Sep 21. Then, on Sep 21, Wilmer Richard sold 8,191 shares at a price of $5.03 per share. This transaction amounted to $41,218.
Valuation Metrics
CHPT stock has a beta of 1.70. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 3.11 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 6.43.
ChargePoint Holdings Inc’s quick ratio for the period ended July 30 was 1.61, with the current ratio over the same period at 2.03. As well, the company’s long term debt to equity for the quarter ending July 30 was 1.14, while the total debt to equity was 1.14. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 14.63%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is -66.65% while for the period ending July 30, ChargePoint Holdings Inc’s operating margin was -64.68%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $85.93 million against revenue of $468.09 million.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending July 30 this year, Net income and sales went up compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income grew 25.99% to -$125.26 million, while revenue of -$79.39 million was 36.62% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected CHPT to announce -$0.16 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted -$0.24, representing a -50.00% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than -$115.66 million. CHPT stock balance sheet for the quarter ending July 30 shows that total liabilities totaled 793.17 million, with total debt at $319.34 million. Shareholders hold equity totaling $360.05 million.
Let’s look briefly at ChargePoint Holdings Inc (CHPT) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 25 September was 19.02% to suggest the stock is trending oversold, with historical volatility in this time period at 50.68%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $5.12, reflecting a -8.38% or -$0.45 change from its current price. CHPT is currently trading -27.96% above its 20-day SMA, -40.29% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by -40.44% and SMA200 by-54.82%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 3.29% and 6.40% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 0.37. The RSI (14) points at 22.95%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 0.40% with the period’s ATR at 0.39. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -0.37 and -0.63 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for ChargePoint Holdings Inc (NYSE: CHPT), RBC Capital Mkts launched coverage with an Outperform rating. Analysts offering their rating for CHPT stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Overweight. Currently, 1 brokerage advisors rate CHPT as a “sell,”, while 4 advise that investors “Hold.” 0 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 1 rates the stock as overweight while 16 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is CHPT’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $7.00 and a high of $17.00, with their median price target at $10.00. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for ChargePoint Holdings Inc (CHPT) stock is $10.83.
