Standard BioTools Inc (NASDAQ: LAB) Stock Forecast: An Analysis

In the last trading session, 1.18 million Standard BioTools Inc (NASDAQ:LAB) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.58. With the company’s per share price at $1.86 changed hands at -$0.07 or -3.63% during last session, the market valuation stood at $690.34M. LAB’s last price was a discount, traded about -63.44% off its 52-week high of $3.04. The share price had its 52-week low at $1.21, which suggests the last value was 34.95% up since then. When we look at Standard BioTools Inc’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 1.62 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 2.38 million.

Analysts gave the Standard BioTools Inc (LAB) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.00. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 3 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 0 recommended LAB as a Hold, 3 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Standard BioTools Inc’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be -0.09.

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Standard BioTools Inc (NASDAQ:LAB) trade information

Instantly LAB was in red as seen at the end of in last trading. With action -5.58%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -15.84%, with the 5-day performance at -5.58% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Standard BioTools Inc (NASDAQ:LAB) is -12.68% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 22.25 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 10.19 days.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 3.25, meaning bulls need an upside of 42.77% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, LAB’s forecast low is 3.25 with 3.25 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -74.73% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -74.73% for it to hit the projected low.

Standard BioTools Inc (LAB) estimates and forecasts

Data shows that the Standard BioTools 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 -29.55% over the past 6 months, a 26.83% in annual growth rate that is considerably higher than the industry average of 23.00%. Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 61.30% up from the last financial year.

Consensus estimates given by 3 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 41.3M. 3 analysts are of the opinion that Standard BioTools Inc’s revenue for the current quarter will be 47.03M. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 25.37M and 28.19M respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 62.80%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 66.80%.

Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 8.72%. The 2024 estimates are for Standard BioTools Inc earnings to increase by 56.74%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at -8.06% per year.

LAB Dividends

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

Standard BioTools Inc (NASDAQ:LAB)’s Major holders

If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 1.95% of Standard BioTools Inc shares while 72.12% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 73.56%. There are 72.12% institutions holding the Standard BioTools Inc stock share, with CASDIN CAPITAL, LLC the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 17.1782% of the shares, roughly 63.96 million LAB shares worth $113.21 million.

VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 15.7524% or 58.65 million shares worth $103.81 million as of 2024-06-30.