The eHealth Inc (NASDAQ: EHTH) Stock Jumped 14.37% In A Single Month – Are There Any Hopes For A Gain?

During the last session, eHealth Inc (NASDAQ:EHTH)’s traded shares were 0.5 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 0.42. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $11.14, reflecting an intraday gain of 6.60% or $0.69. The 52-week high for the EHTH share is $10.94, that puts it up 1.8 from that peak though still a striking 67.86% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $3.58. The company’s market capitalization is $330.12M, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 0.31 million shares, and the average trade volume was 307.97K shares over the past three months.

eHealth Inc (EHTH) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 2.60. EHTH has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 1 analysts who have looked at this stock. 0 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 1 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 2.27.

eHealth Inc (NASDAQ:EHTH) trade information

eHealth Inc (EHTH) registered a 6.60% upside in the last session and has traded in the green over the past 5 sessions. The stock spiked 6.60% in intraday trading to $11.14, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is 16.28%, and it has moved by 14.37% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 66.27%. The short interest in eHealth Inc (NASDAQ:EHTH) is 0.21 million shares and it means that shorts have 0.66 day(s) to cover.

The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $7, which implies a decrease of -59.14% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $7 and $7 respectively. As a result, EHTH is trading at a premium of 37.16% off the target high and 37.16% off the low.

eHealth Inc (EHTH) estimates and forecasts

In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 12.77% 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 293.47M as predicted by 3 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 4 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 99.46M by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 247.66M and 92.96M respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to grow by 18.50% and then jump by 6.99% in the coming quarter.

While earnings are projected to return 109.57% in 2025.

EHTH Dividends

eHealth Inc 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.

eHealth Inc (NASDAQ:EHTH)’s Major holders

eHealth Inc insiders own 5.70% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 61.86%, with the float percentage being 65.60%. 8 KNOTS MANAGEMENT, LLC is the largest shareholder of the company, while 128.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 2.4 million shares (or 8.1969% of all shares), a total value of $10.85 million in shares.

The next largest institutional holding, with 2.35 million shares, is of PALO ALTO INVESTORS LP’s that is approximately 8.0395% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $10.65 million.

Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of eHealth Inc (EHTH) shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund . Data provided on Sep 30, 2024 indicates that Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund owns about 817.6 shares. This amounts to just over 2.76 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $9.11 million market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 425.38, or about 1.44% of the stock, which is worth about $4.74 million.