Healthequity Inc (NASDAQ: HQY) is -7.01% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $65.01 and a high of $115.59 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 HQY stock was last observed hovering at around $90.19 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.97%.
Currently trading at $89.22, the stock is -7.71% and -14.17% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.18 million and changing -1.08% at the moment leaves the stock -1.16% off its SMA200. HQY registered 12.04% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 12.65%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $104.2036 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $90.23733.
The stock witnessed a -16.97% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -6.03%, and is 5.81% 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 4.16% over the week and 4.29% over the month.
Healthequity Inc (HQY) has around 3120 employees, a market worth around $7.72B and $1.20B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 81.50 and Fwd P/E is 20.10. Profit margin for the company is 8.06%. Distance from 52-week low is 37.24% and -22.81% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.01%).
with sales reaching $322.6M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 16.89% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 8.49% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 12.17% in year-over-year returns.
578.0 institutions hold shares in Healthequity Inc (HQY), with institutional investors hold 108.45% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 86.54M, and float is at 84.38M with Short Float at 4.90%. Institutions hold 106.13% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 10.74 million shares valued at $925.74 million. The investor’s holdings represent 12.3257 of the HQY Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 8.83 million shares valued at $760.76 million to account for 10.2062 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are WASATCH ADVISORS LP which holds 7.28 million shares representing 8.3502 and valued at over $627.16 million, while FMR LLC holds 6.117 of the shares totaling 5.33 million with a market value of $459.43 million.
Healthequity Inc (HQY) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by SELANDER ROBERT W, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that SELANDER ROBERT W sold 5,750 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 10 ’25 at a price of $111.29 per share for a total of $0.64 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 78219.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 07 ’25, Elimelech Rosner (Officer) Proposed Sale 1,707 shares at an average price of $97.54 for $0.17 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Healthequity Inc (HQY).
