Is Arqit Quantum Inc (NASDAQ: ARQQ) a Risk-Worthy Bet for Bold Investors?

In the latest trading session, 0.43 million Arqit Quantum Inc (NASDAQ:ARQQ) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 2.24. With the company’s most recent per share price at $17.80 changing hands around $1.03 or 6.15% at last look, the market valuation stands at $222.58M. ARQQ’s current price is a discount, trading about -196.57% off its 52-week high of $52.79. The share price had its 52-week low at $3.72, which suggests the last value was 79.1% up since then. When we look at Arqit Quantum Inc’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 1.09 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 782.13K.

Analysts gave the Arqit Quantum Inc (ARQQ) 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 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 0 recommended ARQQ as a Hold, 1 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.

Arqit Quantum Inc (NASDAQ:ARQQ) trade information

Instantly ARQQ is in green as seen in intraday trades today. With action -54.36%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -54.17%, with the 5-day performance at -54.36% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Arqit Quantum Inc (NASDAQ:ARQQ) is -25.64% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 0.22 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 1.0 days.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 14, meaning bulls need a downside of -27.14% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, ARQQ’s forecast low is 14 with 14 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a 21.35% surge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 21.35% for it to hit the projected low.

Arqit Quantum Inc (ARQQ) estimates and forecasts

Data shows that the Arqit Quantum 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 76.03% over the past 6 months, a 70.68% in annual growth rate that is considerably higher than the industry average of 25.50%. The 2025 estimates are for Arqit Quantum Inc earnings to increase by 70.67%.

Arqit Quantum Inc (NASDAQ:ARQQ)’s Major holders

MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 0.475% or 0.79 million shares worth $0.27 million as of 2024-06-30.

With 1.2 shares estimated at $21097.0 under it, the former controlled 0.01% of total outstanding shares.