Will Ocean Power Technologies (AMEX: OPTT) Stock Boom Or Bust From Here?

During the last session, Ocean Power Technologies (AMEX:OPTT)’s traded shares were 8.91 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 2.89. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $0.29, reflecting an intraday loss of -1.61% or -$0.01. The 52-week high for the OPTT share is $0.82, that puts it down -182.76 from that peak though still a striking 58.62% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $0.12. The company’s market capitalization is $37.04M, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 91.79 million shares, and the average trade volume was 22.26 million shares over the past three months.

Ocean Power Technologies (AMEX:OPTT) trade information

Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT) registered a -1.61% downside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -1.61% in intraday trading to $0.29, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -20.20%, and it has moved by 93.09% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is -2.26%. The short interest in Ocean Power Technologies (AMEX:OPTT) is 10.56 million shares and it means that shorts have 0.38 day(s) to cover.

An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings grew an estimated 45.31%.

OPTT Dividends

Ocean Power Technologies is due to release its next quarterly earnings in January. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance.

Ocean Power Technologies (AMEX:OPTT)’s Major holders

Ocean Power Technologies insiders own 2.92% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 3.41%, with the float percentage being 3.52%. VANGUARD GROUP INC is the largest shareholder of the company, while 41.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 1.76 million shares (or 2.9894% of all shares), a total value of $0.34 million in shares.

The next largest institutional holding, with 0.58 million shares, is of BLACKROCK INC.’s that is approximately 0.9809% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $0.11 million.