In the last trading session, 16.13 million shares of the Ocean Power Technologies (AMEX:OPTT) were traded, and its beta was 2.46. Most recently the company’s share price was $0.53, and it changed around $0.0 or -0.64% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $90.68M. OPTT currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $1.75, offering almost -230.19% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $0.12, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 77.36% since then. We note from Ocean Power Technologies’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 6.49 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 24.09 million.

Ocean Power Technologies (AMEX:OPTT) trade information

Instantly OPTT has showed a red trend with a performance of -0.64% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 0.6299 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 15.86%. The company’s shares are currently down -48.33% year-to-date, but still down -13.97% over the last five days. On the other hand, Ocean Power Technologies (AMEX:OPTT) is -18.22% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 8.06 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 0.81 day(s).

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

Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 2.46% of Ocean Power Technologies shares, and 5.28% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 5.42%. Ocean Power Technologies stock is held by 57.0 institutions, with VANGUARD GROUP INC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 2.9894% of the shares, which is about 1.76 million shares worth $0.34 million.

BLACKROCK INC., with 0.9809% or 0.58 million shares worth $0.11 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.