Is NAPCO Security Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: NSSC) Worth It? How Should Investors Deal With It?

During the last session, NAPCO Security Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:NSSC)’s traded shares were 1.15 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.65. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $46.38, reflecting an intraday gain of 4.04% or $1.8. The 52-week high for the NSSC share is $58.09, that puts it down -25.25 from that peak though still a striking 61.71% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $17.76. The company’s market capitalization is $1.71B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 0.63 million shares, and the average trade volume was 395.04K shares over the past three months.

NAPCO Security Technologies Inc (NSSC) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 1.33. NSSC has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 6 analysts who have looked at this stock. 1 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 5 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be 0.35.

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NAPCO Security Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:NSSC) trade information

NAPCO Security Technologies Inc (NSSC) registered a 4.04% upside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock spiked 4.04% in intraday trading to $46.38, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -16.39%, and it has moved by -14.76% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 87.02%. The short interest in NAPCO Security Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:NSSC) is 3.42 million shares and it means that shorts have 10.5 day(s) to cover.

The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $57, which implies an increase of 18.63% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $32 and $65 respectively. As a result, NSSC is trading at a discount of -40.15% off the target high and 31.0% off the low.

NAPCO Security Technologies Inc (NSSC) estimates and forecasts

Statistics show that NAPCO Security Technologies Inc has outperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. NAPCO Security Technologies Inc (NSSC) shares have gone up 2.72% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate more than the industry average at 38.06% against 17.60. Yet analysts are ramping up their growth forecast for the fiscal year 2024. Revenue is predicted to grow 25.00% this quarter and then jump 14.70% in the quarter after that. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 12.30% compared to the previous financial year.

As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 47.73M as predicted by 6 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 6 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 52.53M by the end of current fiscal year.

An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings grew an estimated 32.49%. While earnings are projected to return 16.92% in 2024, the next five years will return 1.50% per annum.

NSSC Dividends

NAPCO Security Technologies Inc is due to release its next quarterly earnings on 2024-Nov-04. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for NAPCO Security Technologies Inc is 0.36, with the dividend yield indicating at 0.78 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years.

NAPCO Security Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:NSSC)’s Major holders

NAPCO Security Technologies Inc insiders own 4.48% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 92.86%, with the float percentage being 97.22%. BLACKROCK INC. is the largest shareholder of the company, while 349.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 2.71 million shares (or 7.3591% of all shares), a total value of $140.82 million in shares.

The next largest institutional holding, with 2.68 million shares, is of VANGUARD GROUP INC’s that is approximately 7.2836% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $139.38 million.