2U Inc (NASDAQ:TWOU)’s traded shares stood at 1.16 million during the last session, with the company’s beta value hitting 0.83. At the close of trading, the stock’s price was $0.39, to imply a decrease of -4.32% or -$0.02 in intraday trading. The TWOU share’s 52-week high remains $6.97, putting it -1687.18% down since that peak but still an impressive 20.51% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $0.31. The company has a valuation of $32.59M, with an average of 2.16 million shares in intraday trading volume over the past 10 days and average of 2.81 million shares over the past 3 months.
2U Inc (NASDAQ:TWOU) trade information
After registering a -4.32% downside in the last session, 2U Inc (TWOU) has traded red over the past five days. The stock hit a weekly high of 0.4100, dropping -4.32% in its intraday price action. The 5-day price performance for the stock is 0.26%, and -6.07% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is -68.32%. Short interest in 2U Inc (NASDAQ:TWOU) saw shorts transact 11.01 million shares and set a 3.33 days time to cover.
2U Inc (TWOU) estimates and forecasts
Looking at statistics comparing 2U Inc share performance against respective industry, we note that the company has underperformed competitors. 2U Inc (TWOU) shares are -82.76% down over the last 6 months, with its year-to-date growth rate lower than industry average at -184.21% against 19.30%. Revenue is forecast to shrink -230.00% this quarter before jumping 55.60% for the next one. The rating firms project that company’s revenue will shrink -14.70% compared to the previous financial year.
Revenue forecast for the current quarter as set by 4 analysts is $196.14 million. Meanwhile, for the quarter ending Jun 2024, a total of 4 analyst(s) estimate revenue growth to $197.08 million.Earnings reports from the last fiscal year show that sales brought in $238.5 million and $222.09 million respectively in the corresponding quarters. In this case, analysts estimate current quarter sales to fall -17.80% before dropping -11.30% in the following quarter.
An assessment of the company’s 5-year growth patterns shows that annual earnings shrunk an estimated -41.73% for the past 5-year period. While 2024 is set for a -210.86% return in earnings, projections for the next 5 years are at 15.00% annually.
TWOU Dividends
2U Inc has its next earnings report out between April 24 and April 29. 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 4.29% of total outstanding shares, with institutional holders owning 79.25% of the shares at 82.80% float percentage. In total, 79.25% institutions holds shares in the company, led by ARK Investment Management, LLC. As of Sep 29, 2023, the company held over 9.77 million shares (or 11.99% of shares), all amounting to roughly $24.12 million.
The next major institution holding the largest number of shares is Blackrock Inc. with 6.81 million shares, or about 8.36% of shares outstanding. As of the market price on Jun 29, 2023, these shares were worth $27.44 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 Sep 29, 2023, ARK ETF Tr-ARK Innovation ETF holds roughly 6.5 million shares. This is just over 7.98% of the total shares, with a market valuation of $16.05 million. Data from the same date shows that the other fund manager holds a little less at 2.36 million, or 2.90% of the shares, all valued at about 9.53 million.
