BlackBerry Ltd (NYSE: BB) is -26.55% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $2.01 and a high of $4.44 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The BB stock was last observed hovering at around $2.58 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.02%.
Currently trading at $2.60, the stock is 5.01% and 7.88% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 6.8 million and changing 0.78% at the moment leaves the stock -2.35% off its SMA200. BB registered -22.85% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -10.03%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $2.4012 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $2.66575.
The stock witnessed a 6.56% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 8.33%, and is 4.42% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.30% over the week and 4.60% over the month.
BlackBerry Ltd (BB) has around 2647 employees, a market worth around $1.54B and $637.00M in sales. Fwd P/E is 606.06. Profit margin for the company is -21.66%. Distance from 52-week low is 29.35% and -41.44% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-14.30%).
with sales reaching $208.05M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -165.71% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -28.80% year-over-year.
BlackBerry Ltd (BB) Top Institutional Holders
306.0 institutions hold shares in BlackBerry Ltd (BB), with institutional investors hold 47.23% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 589.23M, and float is at 580.33M with Short Float at 5.22%. Institutions hold 46.42% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LTD/ CAN with over 46.72 million shares valued at $116.34 million. The investor’s holdings represent 7.9218% of the BB Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ with 33.33 million shares valued at $$82.66 million to account for 5.6509 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC which holds 28.66 million shares representing 4.8586% and valued at over $71.62 million, while FIFTHDELTA LTD holds 4.4837 of the shares totaling 26.45 million with a market value of $65.58 million.
BlackBerry Ltd (BB) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Kurtz Philip S., the company’s CLO & Corp. Secretary. SEC filings show that Kurtz Philip S. sold 15,005 shares of the company’s common stock on Sep 28 ’24 at a price of $2.53 per share for a total of $37963.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 30129.0 shares.
BlackBerry Ltd disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jun 28 ’24 that ERIKSSON MATTIAS (President of IoT) sold a total of 52,549 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jun 28 ’24 and was made at $2.45 per share for $0.13 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.21 million shares of the BB stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 14 ’24, BRACE PHILIP G (Director) acquired 35,000 shares at an average price of $2.79 for $97650.0. The insider now directly holds 35,000 shares of BlackBerry Ltd (BB).
