Blend Labs Inc (NYSE:BLND) Rises 82.05% In 2024; Is It Still Attractive At $4.44?

In last trading session, Blend Labs Inc (NYSE:BLND) saw 6.86 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 1.17. Company’s recent per share price level of $4.44 trading at $0.58 or 15.03% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $1.13B. That closing price of BLND’s stock is at a premium of 4.28% from its 52-week high price of $4.25 and is indicating a premium of 73.87% from its 52-week low price of $1.16. Taking a look at company’s average trading volume for last 10-days demonstrates a volume of 1.79 million shares which gives us an average trading volume of 2.83 million if we extend that period to 3-months.

For Blend Labs Inc (BLND), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 1.67. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 3 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 0 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 1 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 2 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight. The company is expected to be making an EPS of -0.02 in the current quarter.

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Blend Labs Inc (NYSE:BLND) trade information

Upright in the green during last session for gaining 15.03%, in the last five days BLND remained trading in the green while hitting it’s week-highest on Thursday, 11/07/24 when the stock touched $4.44 price level, adding 0.22% to its value on the day. Blend Labs Inc’s shares saw a change of 74.12% in year-to-date performance and have moved 22.31% in past 5-day. Blend Labs Inc (NYSE:BLND) showed a performance of 26.86% in past 30-days. Number of shares sold short was 14.75 million shares which calculate 7.0 days to cover the short interests.

Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 7 to the stock, which implies a rise of 36.57% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting 4.75 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 10. It follows that stock’s current price would drop -6.98% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a loss of -6.98% for stock’s current value.

Blend Labs Inc (BLND) estimates and forecasts

Statistics highlight that Blend Labs Inc is scoring comparatively higher than the scores of other players of the relevant industry. The company added 59.71% of value to its shares in past 6 months, showing an annual growth rate of 72.50% while that of industry is 20.70. Apart from that, the company came raising its revenue forecast for fiscal year 2024. This year revenue growth is estimated to rise 2.50% from the last financial year’s standing.

6 industry analysts have given their estimates about the company’s current quarter revenue by setting an average figure of 41.91M for the same. And 6 analysts are in estimates of company making revenue of 43.47M in the next quarter. Company posted 40.59M and 36.1M of sales in current and next quarters respectively a year earlier.

Weighing up company’s earnings over the past 5-year and in the next 5-year periods, we find the company posting an annual earnings growth rate of -19.48% during past 5 years. In 2024, company’s earnings growth rate is likely to be around 82.05% while estimates for its earnings growth in next 5 years are of 20.00%.

Blend Labs Inc (NYSE:BLND)’s Major holders

Insiders are in possession of 4.14% of company’s total shares while institution are holding 66.84 percent of that, with stock having share float percentage of 69.73%. Investors also watch the number of corporate investors in a company very closely, which is 66.84% institutions for Blend Labs Inc that are currently holding shares of the company. GENERAL ATLANTIC, L.P. is the top institutional holder at BLND for having 19.13 million shares of worth $45.15 million. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 7.6246 of the company’s outstanding shares.

The second largest institutional holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC, which was holding about 14.81 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 5.9027 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $34.96 million.