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Ocean Power Technologies (AMEX: OPTT) closed the day trading at $0.35 up 3.85% from the previous closing price of $0.34. In other words, the price has increased by $3.85 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.9 million shares were traded. OPTT stock price reached its highest trading level at $0.3599 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $0.3386.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of OPTT, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.93 and its Current Ratio is at 1.23. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.58 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.07.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In the most recent recommendation for this company, H.C. Wainwright on December 18, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $1.50. On September 24, 2025, Ladenburg Thalmann started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $1.50.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 16 ’25 when Stratmann Philipp bought 7,750 shares for $0.33 per share. The transaction valued at 2,558 led to the insider holds 518,440 shares of the business.
Stratmann Philipp bought 6,298 shares of OPTT for $2,172 on Dec 15 ’25. The President and CEO now owns 510,690 shares after completing the transaction at $0.34 per share. On Dec 15 ’25, another insider, Powers Robert Patrick, who serves as the CFO of the company, bought 14,723 shares for $0.34 each. As a result, the insider paid 5,000 and bolstered with 268,132 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, OPTT now has a Market Capitalization of 68840352 and an Enterprise Value of 70027352. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 18.36 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.99. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 18.684 whereas that against EBITDA is -2.361.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for OPTT is 2.40, which has changed by 0.060606003 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.14402747 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, OPTT has reached a high of $1.75, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.29. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -21.60%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -28.97%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, OPTT traded about 5.83M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, OPTT traded about 5058570 shares per day. A total of 188.99M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 176.62M. Insiders hold about 9.97% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 9.56% stake in the company. Shares short for OPTT as of 1764288000 were 15308775 with a Short Ratio of 2.62, compared to 1761868800 on 18658495. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 15308775 and a Short% of Float of 8.49.
