Ratio Analysis: Unpacking Waldencast plc (WALD)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

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After finishing at $3.03 in the prior trading day, Waldencast plc (NASDAQ: WALD) closed at $2.40, down -20.79%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$20.79 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.52 million shares were traded. WALD stock price reached its highest trading level at $3.03 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $2.12.

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 294530400 and an Enterprise Value of 503852512. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.08 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.41. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.84 whereas that against EBITDA is 831.44.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for WALD is -0.36, which has changed by -0.47136563 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11241627 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, WALD has reached a high of $5.21, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $2.31. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -16.58%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -26.52%.

Shares Statistics:

The stock has traded on average 51.90K shares per day over the past 3-months and 96110 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 32.60M. Insiders hold about 70.90% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 20.70% stake in the company. Shares short for WALD as of 1745971200 were 409686 with a Short Ratio of 7.89, compared to 1743379200 on 403390. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 409686 and a Short% of Float of 0.9599999499999999.

Dividends & Splits

Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0

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