Applied Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: APLD) Surprises The Bears, Looks Good Going Forward

In the last trading session, 15.63 million shares of the Applied Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:APLD) were traded, and its beta was 4.58. Most recently the company’s share price was $8.94, and it changed around -$0.58 or -6.09% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $1.89B. APLD currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $11.25, offering almost -25.84% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $2.36, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 73.6% since then. We note from Applied Digital Corporation’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 18.8 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 15.19 million.

Applied Digital Corporation stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.00. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 7 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 3 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 0 recommended APLD as a Hold, whereas 4 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.

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Applied Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:APLD) trade information

Instantly APLD has showed a red trend with a performance of -6.09% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 11.25 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 20.53%. The company’s shares are currently up 32.64% year-to-date, but still down -6.58% over the last five days. On the other hand, Applied Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:APLD) is 18.25% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 39.29 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 2.92 day(s).

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $9, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 0.67% from its current value. Analyst projections state that APLD is forecast to be at a low of $1.67 and a high of $10.

Applied Digital Corporation (APLD) estimates and forecasts

Applied Digital Corporation share prices are performing particularly well compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have risen 115.94 percent over the past six months and at a 69.47% annual growth rate that is well above the industry average of 8.30%.

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a negative earnings growth rate of -65.58%.

APLD Dividends

Applied Digital Corporation’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in January.

Applied Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:APLD)’s Major holders

Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 20.76% of Applied Digital Corporation shares, and 65.46% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 82.61%. Applied Digital Corporation stock is held by 231.0 institutions, with HOOD RIVER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 7.9029% of the shares, which is about 9.6 million shares worth $57.1 million.

OASIS MANAGEMENT CO LTD., with 5.8454% or 7.1 million shares worth $42.23 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.