Is Quantum Corp (NASDAQ: QMCO) Still A Buy After A 9.73% Weekly Jump?

During the last session, Quantum Corp (NASDAQ:QMCO)’s traded shares were 4.03 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 3.02. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $23.23, reflecting an intraday gain of 30.43% or $5.42. The 52-week high for the QMCO share is $90.64, that puts it down -290.19 from that peak though still a striking 90.44% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $2.22. The company’s market capitalization is $135.45M, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 0.86 million shares, and the average trade volume was 3.69 million shares over the past three months.

Quantum Corp (QMCO) received a consensus recommendation of Hold from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 3.00. QMCO has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 3 analysts who have looked at this stock. 3 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 0 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be -0.27.

Quantum Corp (NASDAQ:QMCO) trade information

Quantum Corp (QMCO) registered a 30.43% upside in the last session and has traded in the green over the past 5 sessions. The stock spiked 30.43% in intraday trading to $23.23, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is 9.73%, and it has moved by 11.15% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 161.01%. The short interest in Quantum Corp (NASDAQ:QMCO) is 0.19 million shares and it means that shorts have 4.64 day(s) to cover.

The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $7.5, which implies a decrease of -209.73% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $7.5 and $7.5 respectively. As a result, QMCO is trading at a premium of 67.71% off the target high and 67.71% off the low.

Quantum Corp (QMCO) estimates and forecasts

In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will decrease -10.14% compared to the previous financial year.

As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 66.2M as predicted by 2 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 2 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 70.08M by the end of current fiscal year.

An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings grew an estimated 18.45%. While earnings are projected to return 23.36% in 2025.

QMCO Dividends

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

The next largest institutional holding, with 10.25 million shares, is of ALLIANZ ASSET MANAGEMENT GMBH’s that is approximately 10.692% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $4.19 million.

Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Quantum Corp (QMCO) shares are 180 Degree Capital Corp and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . Data provided on Sep 30, 2024 indicates that 180 Degree Capital Corp owns about 223.36 shares. This amounts to just over 3.83 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $5.19 million market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 166.09, or about 2.85% of the stock, which is worth about $3.86 million.