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Upbound Group Inc (NASDAQ: UPBD) closed the day trading at $24.43 down -0.53% from the previous closing price of $24.56. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.53 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.51 million shares were traded. UPBD stock price reached its highest trading level at $24.825 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $24.355.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of UPBD, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 23.05 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 28.95. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.52 and its Current Ratio is at 2.93. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.52 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.35.
On June 07, 2024, BTIG Research started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $45.
On March 08, 2024, TD Cowen started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $43.TD Cowen initiated its Outperform rating on March 08, 2024, with a $43 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 Mar 10 ’25 when Karam Fahmi bought 11,500 shares for $25.82 per share. The transaction valued at 296,930 led to the insider holds 164,672 shares of the business.
BROWN JEFFREY J bought 1,146 shares of UPBD for $33,245 on Jan 07 ’25. The Director now owns 86,380 shares after completing the transaction at $29.01 per share. On Oct 22 ’24, another insider, BROWN JEFFREY J, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 1,065 shares for $29.25 each. As a result, the insider paid 31,151 and bolstered with 85,234 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, UPBD now has a Market Capitalization of 1402858624 and an Enterprise Value of 2924596736. As of this moment, Upbound’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.07, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 4.86. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.67. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.32 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.13. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.677 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.747.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for UPBD is 1.91, which has changed by -0.2665866 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09589827 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, UPBD has reached a high of $38.72, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $23.35. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -12.89%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -20.50%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, UPBD traded about 520.27K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, UPBD traded about 681220 shares per day. A total of 54.74M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 51.52M. Insiders hold about 10.28% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 81.99% stake in the company. Shares short for UPBD as of 1740700800 were 2438219 with a Short Ratio of 4.69, compared to 1738281600 on 2041134. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2438219 and a Short% of Float of 6.859999999999999.
Dividends & Splits
UPBD’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.50, up from 1.48 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.06026059The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.14. The current Payout Ratio is 67.95% for UPBD, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-12-18 with an ex-dividend date of 1734480000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2003-09-02 when the company split stock in a 5:2 ratio.
