Is SelectQuote Inc (NYSE: SLQT) a Risk-Worthy Bet for Bold Investors?

In the last trading session, 3.01 million SelectQuote Inc (NYSE:SLQT) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.06. With the company’s per share price at $2.17 changed hands at $0.25 or 13.02% during last session, the market valuation stood at $372.02M. SLQT’s last price was a discount, traded about -105.53% off its 52-week high of $4.46. The share price had its 52-week low at $1.03, which suggests the last value was 52.53% up since then. When we look at SelectQuote Inc’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 1.85 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 1.41 million.

Analysts gave the SelectQuote Inc (SLQT) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, calculated at a mean rating of 1.00. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 1 recommended SLQT as a Hold, 0 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. SelectQuote Inc’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be -0.18.

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SelectQuote Inc (NYSE:SLQT) trade information

Instantly SLQT was in green as seen at the end of in last trading. With action 9.60%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 58.39%, with the 5-day performance at 9.60% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, SelectQuote Inc (NYSE:SLQT) is -47.20% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 2.0 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 1.39 days.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 2, meaning bulls need a downside of -8.5% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, SLQT’s forecast low is 1.5 with 3 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -38.25% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 30.88% for it to hit the projected low.

SelectQuote Inc (SLQT) estimates and forecasts

Data shows that the SelectQuote Inc share is performing relatively much better than most of its peers within the same industry. As can be gleaned from the statistics, the company’s share value shot 8.50% over the past 6 months, a 20.00% in annual growth rate that is considerably higher than the industry average of 12.50%. Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 6.90% up from the last financial year.

Consensus estimates given by 1 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 275.15M. 1 analysts are of the opinion that SelectQuote Inc’s revenue for the current quarter will be 416.73M. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 203.5M. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 35.20%.

The 2024 estimates are for SelectQuote Inc earnings to increase by 20.00%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at -9.70% per year.

SLQT Dividends

SelectQuote Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in November.

SelectQuote Inc (NYSE:SLQT)’s Major holders

If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 10.58% of SelectQuote Inc shares while 45.88% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 51.31%. There are 45.88% institutions holding the SelectQuote Inc stock share, with BLACKROCK INC. the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 5.9307% of the shares, roughly 10.03 million SLQT shares worth $27.67 million.

ABRAMS BISON INVESTMENTS, LLC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 4.679% or 7.91 million shares worth $21.83 million as of 2024-06-30.