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After finishing at $1.73 in the prior trading day, Waldencast plc (NASDAQ: WALD) closed at $1.8, up 4.05%. In other words, the price has increased by $4.05 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.85 million shares were traded. WALD stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.8375 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.73.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of WALD by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.66 and its Current Ratio is at 1.35. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.27 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.23.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Alliance Global Partners on April 22, 2025, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $5.
On December 16, 2024, TD Cowen started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $4.30.
On October 25, 2024, Canaccord Genuity started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $5.Canaccord Genuity initiated its Buy rating on October 25, 2024, with a $5 target price.
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 Nov 22 ’24 when Zeno Investment Master Fund bought 300,000 shares for $3.39 per share.
Zeno Investment Master Fund bought 170,000 shares of WALD for $510,000 on Aug 30 ’24.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WALD now has a Market Capitalization of 221419792 and an Enterprise Value of 436619904. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.81 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.30. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.594 whereas that against EBITDA is 720.495.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for WALD is -0.47, which has changed by -0.375 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15222645 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, WALD has reached a high of $4.74, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.60. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -19.41%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -38.00%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 153.98K shares per day over the past 3-months and 396870 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 112.05M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 13.93M. Insiders hold about 87.57% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 21.52% stake in the company. Shares short for WALD as of 1753920000 were 627320 with a Short Ratio of 4.07, compared to 1751241600 on 1182612. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 627320 and a Short% of Float of 1.4400001.
Earnings Estimates
Its stock is currently analyzed by 2 different market analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.07, with high estimates of -$0.07 and low estimates of -$0.07.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.04 and -$0.38 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.21. EPS for the following year is -$0.25, with 1.0 analysts recommending between -$0.25 and -$0.25.
Revenue Estimates
6 analysts predict $72.07M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $72.8M to a low estimate of $71.5M. As of the current estimate, Waldencast plc’s year-ago sales were $63.31MFor the next quarter, 6 analysts are estimating revenue of $83.05M. There is a high estimate of $84.5M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $80.7M.
A total of 6 analysts have provided revenue estimates for WALD’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $312.2M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $305.6M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $308.83M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $273.87MBased on 6 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $357.67M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $364.36M and the low estimate is $349.4M.
