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The closing price of Ocean Power Technologies (AMEX: OPTT) was $0.43 for the day, down -5.43% from the previous closing price of $0.45. In other words, the price has decreased by -$5.43 from its previous closing price. On the day, 7.32 million shares were traded. OPTT stock price reached its highest trading level at $0.4548 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $0.4151.
Ratios:
Our analysis of OPTT’s different ratios will help us gain a deeper understanding of the company. 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:
Also, insider trades can serve as a great indicator of what management thinks about the future direction of a stock’s price. 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 83813272 and an Enterprise Value of 85000280. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 22.35 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.64. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 22.679 whereas that against EBITDA is -2.866.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for OPTT is 2.50, which has changed by -0.51086956 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15507638 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, OPTT has reached a high of $1.04, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.29. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.88%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -11.84%.
Shares Statistics:
OPTT traded an average of 7.34M shares per day over the past three months and 21400900 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 188.99M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 177.74M. Insiders hold about 8.83% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 9.55% stake in the company. Shares short for OPTT as of 1767139200 were 16645840 with a Short Ratio of 2.27, compared to 1764288000 on 15308775. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 16645840 and a Short% of Float of 8.870000000000001.
