Blend Labs Inc (NYSE: BLND) is -18.29% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $2.08 and a high of $5.53 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 BLND stock was last observed hovering at around $3.31 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.13%.
Currently trading at $3.44, the stock is -17.71% and -23.89% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.09 million and changing 3.93% at the moment leaves the stock 0.20% off its SMA200. BLND registered 45.76% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 18.21%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $4.5206 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $3.4318.
The stock witnessed a -33.59% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -5.49%, and is -7.53% 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 5.66% over the week and 6.44% over the month.
Blend Labs Inc (BLND) has around 881 employees, a market worth around $880.40M and $156.72M in sales. Fwd P/E is 56.29. Profit margin for the company is -54.74%. Distance from 52-week low is 65.38% and -37.74% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-96.56%).
with sales reaching $41.39M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 82.96% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 3.28% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 14.63% in year-over-year returns.
Blend Labs Inc (BLND) Top Institutional Holders
220.0 institutions hold shares in Blend Labs Inc (BLND), with institutional investors hold 66.76% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 252.13M, and float is at 208.21M with Short Float at 5.32%. Institutions hold 64.03% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is GENERAL ATLANTIC, L.P. with over 19.13 million shares valued at $45.15 million. The investor’s holdings represent 7.6246% of the BLND Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 14.81 million shares valued at $34.96 million to account for 5.9027 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 14.53 million shares representing 5.7898% and valued at over $34.29 million, while TEMASEK HOLDINGS (PRIVATE) LTD holds 4.7327 of the shares totaling 11.88 million with a market value of $28.03 million.
Blend Labs Inc (BLND) Insider Activity
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Blend Labs Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jan 07 ’25 that Ling Winnie (HEAD OF LEGAL AND PEOPLE) sold a total of 15,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jan 07 ’25 and was made at $3.74 per share for $56136.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.33 million shares of the BLND stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 07 ’25, Kneafsey Brian (Head of Revenue) disposed off 30,000 shares at an average price of $3.73 for $0.11 million. The insider now directly holds 866,759 shares of Blend Labs Inc (BLND).
