2U Inc. (NASDAQ:TWOU)’s traded shares stood at 1.78 million during the last session, with the company’s beta value hitting 1.24. At the close of trading, the stock’s price was $7.45, to imply a decrease of -10.13% or -$0.84 in intraday trading. The TWOU share’s 52-week high remains $14.12, putting it -89.53% down since that peak but still an impressive 36.91% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $4.70. The company has a valuation of $613.21M, with an average of 1.14 million shares in intraday trading volume over the past 10 days and average of 1.05 million shares over the past 3 months.
Analysts have given a consensus recommendation of an Overweight for 2U Inc. (TWOU), translating to a mean rating of 2.20. Of 13 analyst(s) looking at the stock, 0 analyst(s) give TWOU a Sell rating. 1 of those analysts rate the stock as Overweight while 7 advise Hold as 5 recommend it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) have given it an Underweight rating. Estimates put the company’s current-quarter earnings per share at -$0.06.
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2U Inc. (NASDAQ:TWOU) trade information
After registering a -10.13% downside in the last session, 2U Inc. (TWOU) has traded red over the past five days. The stock hit a weekly high of 9.68 this Friday, 03/17/23, dropping -10.13% in its intraday price action. The 5-day price performance for the stock is -8.02%, and -33.06% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is 18.82%. Short interest in 2U Inc. (NASDAQ:TWOU) saw shorts transact 8.81 million shares and set a 6.1 days time to cover.
Analysts on Wall Street suggest a consensus price target of $12.37, implying an increase of 39.77% to the stock’s current value. The extremes give us $9.50 and $19.00 for target low and target high price respectively. As such, TWOU has been trading -155.03% off suggested target high and -27.52% from its likely low.
2U Inc. (TWOU) estimates and forecasts
Looking at statistics comparing 2U Inc. share performance against respective industry, we note that the company has outperformed competitors. 2U Inc. (TWOU) shares are -6.99% down over the last 6 months, with its year-to-date growth rate higher than industry average at 271.43% against 18.30%. Revenue is forecast to grow 75.00% this quarter before jumping 120.00% for the next one. The rating firms project that company’s revenue will grow 2.60% compared to the previous financial year.
Revenue forecast for the current quarter as set by 11 analysts is $238.87 million. Meanwhile, for the quarter ending Jun 2023, a total of 12 analyst(s) estimate revenue growth to $241.64 million.Earnings reports from the last fiscal year show that sales brought in $253.33 million and $241.46 million respectively in the corresponding quarters. In this case, analysts estimate current quarter sales to fall -5.70% before jumping 0.10% in the following quarter.
An assessment of the company’s 5-year growth patterns shows that annual earnings shrunk an estimated -47.40% for the past 5-year period. While 2023 is set for a -59.50% return in earnings, projections for the next 5 years are at 20.00% annually.
TWOU Dividends
2U Inc. has its next earnings report out between May 03 and May 08. However, it is important to take into account that this dividend yield ratio is just an indicator to only serve the purpose of guidance. Investors interested to invest in the stock should ponder company’s other fundamental and operations related aspects too. 2U Inc. has a forward dividend ratio of 0, with the share yield ticking at 0.00% to continue the rising pattern observed over the past year. The company’s average dividend yield trailing the past 5-year period is 0.00%.
2U Inc. (NASDAQ:TWOU)’s Major holders
2U Inc. insiders hold 3.52% of total outstanding shares, with institutional holders owning 96.01% of the shares at 99.51% float percentage. In total, 96.01% institutions holds shares in the company, led by ARK Investment Management, LLC. As of Dec 30, 2022, the company held over 9.17 million shares (or 11.56% of shares), all amounting to roughly $68.29 million.
The next major institution holding the largest number of shares is Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) with 7.39 million shares, or about 9.32% of shares outstanding. As of the market price on Dec 30, 2022, these shares were worth $55.05 million.
We also have ARK ETF Tr-ARK Innovation ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund as the top two Mutual Funds with the largest holdings of the 2U Inc. (TWOU) shares. Going by data provided on Dec 30, 2022, ARK ETF Tr-ARK Innovation ETF holds roughly 6.27 million shares. This is just over 7.92% of the total shares, with a market valuation of $46.69 million. Data from the same date shows that the other fund manager holds a little less at 2.36 million, or 2.99% of the shares, all valued at about 17.62 million.
