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Horizon Technology Finance Corp (NASDAQ: HRZN) closed the day trading at $7.84 down -2.85% from the previous closing price of $8.07. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.85 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.65 million shares were traded. HRZN stock price reached its highest trading level at $8.1493 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $7.825.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of HRZN, let’s look at its different ratios.
On April 30, 2025, Compass Point Downgraded its rating to Sell which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $6.50.
Compass Point Upgraded its Sell to Neutral on December 17, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $8.25.
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 Dec 16 ’24 when Balkin Michael bought 20,000 shares for $8.53 per share. The transaction valued at 170,600 led to the insider holds 20,000 shares of the business.
Michaud Gerald A. bought 8,000 shares of HRZN for $74,519 on Nov 25 ’24. The President now owns 169,309 shares after completing the transaction at $9.31 per share. On Nov 13 ’24, another insider, SAVAGE JOSEPH J, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 5,000 shares for $9.35 each. As a result, the insider paid 46,750 and bolstered with 55,000 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, HRZN now has a Market Capitalization of 316383200 and an Enterprise Value of 750632896. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.22 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.04. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 7.636.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for HRZN is 0.99, which has changed by -0.30124778 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.18569505 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, HRZN has reached a high of $12.04, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $7.09. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 2.05%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -10.50%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, HRZN traded about 496.63K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, HRZN traded about 407530 shares per day. A total of 40.35M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 39.82M. Insiders hold about 1.33% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 8.70% stake in the company. Shares short for HRZN as of 1752537600 were 1229814 with a Short Ratio of 2.48, compared to 1749772800 on 1333705. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1229814 and a Short% of Float of 3.09.
Dividends & Splits
HRZN’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.32, up from 1.32 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.16356878The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 10.62.
