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Is Aspen Aerogels Inc (ASPN) a good stock to buy now?

Aspen Aerogels Inc (NYSE: ASPN) is -10.65% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $10.19 and a high of $33.15 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 ASPN stock was last observed hovering at around $14.50 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.4%.

Currently trading at $14.10, the stock is -17.91% and -34.98% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.47 million and changing -2.76% at the moment leaves the stock -35.74% off its SMA200. ASPN registered 32.52% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -47.53%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $21.8672 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $21.92765.

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The stock witnessed a -33.90% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -54.49%, and is -10.76% down 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 6.49% over the week and 6.90% over the month.

Aspen Aerogels Inc (ASPN) has around 548 employees, a market worth around $1.16B and $413.83M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 1258.93 and Fwd P/E is 30.13. Profit margin for the company is 0.36%. Distance from 52-week low is 38.37% and -57.47% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (0.22%).

with sales reaching $120.56M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 119.24% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 88.58% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 43.15% in year-over-year returns.

Aspen Aerogels Inc (ASPN) Top Institutional Holders

328.0 institutions hold shares in Aspen Aerogels Inc (ASPN), with institutional investors hold 91.37% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 82.05M, and float is at 80.69M with Short Float at 10.54%. Institutions hold 89.89% of the Float.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is KIM, LLC with over 12.28 million shares valued at $292.89 million. The investor’s holdings represent 16.209% of the ASPN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 4.49 million shares valued at $107.14 million to account for 5.9295 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 4.02 million shares representing 5.2999% and valued at over $95.77 million, while OAKTOP CAPITAL MANAGEMENT II, L.P. holds 4.4092 of the shares totaling 3.34 million with a market value of $79.67 million.

Aspen Aerogels Inc (ASPN) Insider Activity

The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Young Donald R, the company’s President and CEO. SEC filings show that Young Donald R sold 63,355 shares of the company’s common stock on Sep 30 ’24 at a price of $30.03 per share for a total of $1.9 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.48 million shares.

Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 26 ’24, RODRIGUEZ RICARDO C. (CFO & Treasurer) disposed off 32,465 shares at an average price of $30.14 for $0.98 million. The insider now directly holds 20,790 shares of Aspen Aerogels Inc (ASPN).

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