Sabre Corp (NASDAQ:SABR) saw an upside of 1.36% to close Monday at $4.48 after adding $0.06 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 4,134,520 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $4.71 in the past week and touched a new high 2 times within the past 5 days. An average of 5,314,490 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 6,555,908.
SABR’s 1-month performance is -14.67% or -$0.47 on its low of $4.37 reached on 09/25/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $2.99 and high of $7.92, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 02/03/23. YTD, SABR has lost -27.51% or -$1.70 and has reached a new high 8 times. However, the current price is down -43.43% from the 52-week high price.
Insider Transactions
SABR stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Sep 08.MENKE SEAN E (Executive Chair of the Board) most recently sold 100,000 shares at $5.07 per share on Sep 08. This transaction cost the insider $506,980. Executive Chair of the Board, MENKE SEAN E, sold 100,000 shares at a price of $5.62 on Aug 11. Then, on Aug 04, Executive Chair of the Board MENKE SEAN E sold 100,000 shares at a price of $5.01 per share. This transaction amounted to $500,830.
Valuation Metrics
SABR stock has a beta of 1.79. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 0.61.
Sabre Corp’s quick ratio for the period ended June 29 was 1.50, with the current ratio over the same period at 1.50. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 56.84%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is -0.72% while for the period ending June 29, Sabre Corp’s operating margin was -2.06%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $400.1 million against revenue of $2.54 billion.
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 shrunk -49.08% to -$129.28 million, while revenue of -$104.28 million was 19.34% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected SABR to announce -$0.23 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted -$0.17, representing a 26.10% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than $9.99 million. SABR stock balance sheet for the quarter ending June 29 shows that total liabilities totaled 6.01 billion, with total debt at $4.8 billion. Shareholders hold equity totaling $332.33 million.
Let’s look briefly at Sabre Corp (SABR) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 25 September was 38.50% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 41.35%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $4.47, reflecting a -0.22% or -$0.01 change from its current price. SABR is currently trading -9.49% above its 20-day SMA, +14.58% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by +20.43% and SMA200 by-24.58%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 8.15% and 9.64% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 0.23. The RSI (14) points at 42.55%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 10.43% with the period’s ATR at 0.25. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -0.07 and -0.24 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for Sabre Corp (NASDAQ: SABR), Bernstein upgraded it to a Mkt perform rating. They previously had an Underperform rating on the stock. Analysts offering their rating for SABR stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Hold. Currently, 0 brokerage advisors rate SABR as a “sell,”, while 6 advise that investors “Hold.” 1 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 1 rates the stock as overweight while 1 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is SABR’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $3.50 and a high of $10.00, with their median price target at $5.00. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for Sabre Corp (SABR) stock is $5.50.
