8X8 Inc (NASDAQ:EGHT) has a beta value of 1.79 and has seen 1.09 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $214.66M, closed the last trade at $1.63 per share which meant it lost -$0.01 on the day or -0.61% during that session. The EGHT stock price is -115.95% off its 52-week high price of $3.52 and 7.36% above the 52-week low of $1.51. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 1.61 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 1.17 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that 8X8 Inc (EGHT) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.80. 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 0 out of 6 have rated it as a Hold, with 5 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.08.
8X8 Inc (NASDAQ:EGHT) trade information
Sporting -0.61% in the red in last session, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the EGHT stock price touched $1.63 or saw a rise of 4.12%. Year-to-date, 8X8 Inc shares have moved -38.95%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -4.68%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of 8X8 Inc (NASDAQ:EGHT) have changed -24.54%. Short interest in the company has seen 6.17 million shares shorted with days to cover at 7.14.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $3, which means that the shares’ value could jump 45.67% from current levels. The projected low price target is $2.5 while the price target rests at a high of $3.5. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -114.72% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -53.37% from current levels.
8X8 Inc (EGHT) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have lost -17.26% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be -1.73%.
7 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 178.07M for the current quarter. 6 have an estimated revenue figure of 178.83M for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 179.41M and 178.15M respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -0.75% for the current quarter and -1.73% for the next.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 9.88% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest -23.40% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to decrease by -5.49%.
EGHT Dividends
8X8 Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-Feb-03 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
8X8 Inc (NASDAQ:EGHT)’s Major holders
Insiders own 2.28% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 83.37% with a share float percentage of 85.31%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with 8X8 Inc having a total of 196.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are SYLEBRA CAPITAL LLC with over 14.39 million shares worth more than $31.94 million. As of 2024-06-30, SYLEBRA CAPITAL LLC held 11.4203% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is ARROWMARK COLORADO HOLDINGS LLC, with the holding of over 13.17 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $29.23 million and represent 10.45% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are VANGUARD EXPLORER FUND and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund . As of Jan 31, 2025 , the former fund manager holds about 5.61% shares in the company for having 6.27 shares of worth $10.22 million while later fund manager owns 3.75 shares of worth $6.12 million as of Dec 31, 2024 , which makes it owner of about 3.36% of company’s outstanding stock.
