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In the latest session, Ocean Power Technologies (AMEX: OPTT) closed at $0.19 down -0.26% from its previous closing price of $0.19. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.26 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.7 million shares were traded. OPTT stock price reached its highest trading level at $0.196 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $0.1831.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Ocean Power Technologies’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.00 and its Current Ratio is at 2.49. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.11 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.08.
On May 09, 2013, Ascendiant Capital Markets started tracking the stock assigning a Strong Buy rating and target price of $5.
UBS reiterated its Buy rating for the stock on July 17, 2008, while the target price for the stock was revised from $19 to $14.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 28 ’23 when Slaiby Peter E. bought 25,000 shares for $0.39 per share. The transaction valued at 9,750 led to the insider holds 96,577 shares of the business.
Powers Robert Patrick bought 12,345 shares of OPTT for $4,950 on Sep 18 ’23. The Senior VP and CFO now owns 28,888 shares after completing the transaction at $0.40 per share. On Sep 15 ’23, another insider, Stratmann Philipp, who serves as the President and CEO of the company, bought 12,115 shares for $0.41 each. As a result, the insider paid 4,999 and bolstered with 93,807 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 11298085 and an Enterprise Value of 4861347. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.29 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.45. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.985 whereas that against EBITDA is -0.156.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, OPTT has reached a high of $0.77, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.18. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -25.10%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -44.88%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, OPTT has traded an average of 603.25K shares per day and 363820 over the past ten days. A total of 56.26M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 55.99M. Insiders hold about 5.84% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 6.89% stake in the company. Shares short for OPTT as of 1713139200 were 3036598 with a Short Ratio of 5.03, compared to 1710460800 on 3336143. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3036598 and a Short% of Float of 5.1499999999999995.
