In the last trading session, 2.38 million shares of the Aspen Aerogels Inc (NYSE:ASPN) were traded, and its beta was 2.22. Most recently the company’s share price was $12.14, and it changed around $0.14 or 1.17% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $996.06M. ASPN currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $33.15, offering almost -173.06% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $10.67, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 12.11% since then. We note from Aspen Aerogels Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 1.38 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 1.78 million.
Aspen Aerogels Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.09. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 11 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 4 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 0 recommended ASPN as a Hold, whereas 7 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Aspen Aerogels Inc is expected to report earnings per share of 0.09 for the current quarter.
Aspen Aerogels Inc (NYSE:ASPN) trade information
Instantly ASPN has showed a green trend with a performance of 1.17% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 12.71 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 4.48%. The company’s shares are currently up 2.19% year-to-date, but still up 4.57% over the last five days. On the other hand, Aspen Aerogels Inc (NYSE:ASPN) is -3.19% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 10.81 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 6.9 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $33, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 63.21% from its current value. Analyst projections state that ASPN is forecast to be at a low of $33 and a high of $33.
Aspen Aerogels Inc (ASPN) estimates and forecasts
The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 88.68%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 10 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 120.8M in revenue for the current quarter. 7 analysts expect Aspen Aerogels Inc to make 104.22M in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 84.22M and 94.5M respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 43.44%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 10.28%.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 14.58%.
ASPN Dividends
Aspen Aerogels Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in March.
Aspen Aerogels Inc (NYSE:ASPN)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 1.92% of Aspen Aerogels Inc shares, and 90.52% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 92.30%. Aspen Aerogels Inc stock is held by 304.0 institutions, with KIM, LLC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 16.209% of the shares, which is about 12.28 million shares worth $292.89 million.
BLACKROCK INC., with 5.9295% or 4.49 million shares worth $107.14 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
