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The price of Duckhorn Portfolio Inc (NYSE: NAPA) closed at $8.41 in the last session, up 0.12% from day before closing price of $8.40. In other words, the price has increased by $0.12 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.71 million shares were traded. NAPA stock price reached its highest trading level at $8.455 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $8.26.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at NAPA’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.13 and its Current Ratio is at 6.85. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.30 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.29.
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 the company, Barclays on April 18, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Equal Weight and sets its target price to $8 from $11 previously.
On February 13, 2024, BofA Securities Downgraded its rating to Underperform which previously was Neutral and also lowered its target price recommendation from $11 to $8.
BofA Securities Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on December 07, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $15 to $11.
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 09 ’24 when Sullivan Sean B.A. sold 25,000 shares for $8.99 per share. The transaction valued at 224,750 led to the insider holds 125,326 shares of the business.
Mahlan Deirdre sold 29,681 shares of NAPA for $273,932 on Mar 28 ’24. The insider now owns 104,590 shares after completing the transaction at $9.23 per share. On Jan 16 ’24, another insider, Sullivan Sean B.A., who serves as the insider of the company, sold 9,700 shares for $9.13 each. As a result, the insider received 88,583 and left with 154,797 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, NAPA now has a Market Capitalization of 970589696 and an Enterprise Value of 1255652608. As of this moment, Duckhorn’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.71, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 12.34. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.20. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.45 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.99. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.164 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.281.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, NAPA has reached a high of $15.37, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $7.78. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -6.66%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -18.74%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, NAPA traded on average about 1.11M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1137870 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 115.32M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 49.67M. Insiders hold about 56.97% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 44.25% stake in the company. Shares short for NAPA as of 1711584000 were 4720343 with a Short Ratio of 4.26, compared to 1709164800 on 4905425. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4720343 and a Short% of Float of 8.92.
Earnings Estimates
Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 9.0 analysts. On average, analysts expect EPS of $0.17 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of $0.19 and a low estimate of $0.14, while EPS last year was $0.16. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.13, with high estimates of $0.16 and low estimates of $0.12.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.64 and $0.57 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.62. EPS for the following year is $0.69, with 9.0 analysts recommending between $0.74 and $0.63.
Revenue Estimates
For the next quarter, 8 analysts are estimating revenue of $97.71M. There is a high estimate of $115M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $90.49M.
A total of 8 analysts have provided revenue estimates for NAPA’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $421M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $397.5M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $403.31M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $403MBased on 9 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $446.54M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $553.7M and the low estimate is $408.71M.
