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The price of Quantum Corp (NASDAQ: QMCO) closed at $11.19 in the last session, up 1.91% from day before closing price of $10.98. In other words, the price has increased by $1.91 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.63 million shares were traded. QMCO stock price reached its highest trading level at $11.65 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $11.08.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at QMCO’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.30 and its Current Ratio is at 0.37.
On February 10, 2022, B. Riley Securities Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Buy and also lowered its target price recommendation from $15 to $4.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Apr 21 ’25 when Moorehead Lewis W. sold 179 shares for $9.65 per share. The transaction valued at 1,727 led to the insider holds 24,971 shares of the business.
Lerner James J sold 2,784 shares of QMCO for $26,862 on Apr 21 ’25. The President & CEO now owns 110,848 shares after completing the transaction at $9.65 per share. On Apr 21 ’25, another insider, Cabrera Brian E, who serves as the SVP Chief Admin Ofcr & Secy of the company, sold 1,078 shares for $9.65 each. As a result, the insider received 10,401 and left with 28,736 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, QMCO now has a Market Capitalization of 77767808 and an Enterprise Value of 191306688. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.26. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.669 whereas that against EBITDA is -5.756.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for QMCO is 2.82, which has changed by 0.24333334 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09765589 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, QMCO has reached a high of $90.64, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $2.22. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -13.46%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -19.07%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, QMCO traded on average about 1.22M shares per day over the past 3-months and 540470 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 6.53M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 5.47M. Insiders hold about 16.21% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 18.60% stake in the company. Shares short for QMCO as of 1744675200 were 1517124 with a Short Ratio of 1.25, compared to 1741910400 on 1463621. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1517124 and a Short% of Float of 26.650000000000002.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
