Sunopta, Inc (NASDAQ: STKL) is -38.83% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $4.67 and a high of $8.11 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 STKL stock was last observed hovering at around $4.70 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.01%.
Currently trading at $4.71, the stock is -10.93% and -26.28% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.0 million and changing 0.21% at the moment leaves the stock -27.01% off its SMA200. STKL registered -30.63% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -26.18%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $6.3892 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $6.4526.
The stock witnessed a -17.66% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -38.43%, and is -6.18% 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 3.42% over the week and 4.00% over the month.
Sunopta, Inc (STKL) has around 1248 employees, a market worth around $564.05M and $723.73M in sales. Fwd P/E is 16.86. Profit margin for the company is -2.48%. Distance from 52-week low is 0.86% and -41.92% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-3.60%).
with sales reaching $195.09M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 50.42% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 9.24% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 6.70% in year-over-year returns.
280.0 institutions hold shares in Sunopta, Inc (STKL), with institutional investors hold 95.41% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 117.10M, and float is at 114.99M with Short Float at 3.62%. Institutions hold 91.67% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP with over 20.73 million shares valued at $111.93 million. The investor’s holdings represent 17.7693 of the STKL Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 7.6 million shares valued at $41.07 million to account for 6.52 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are COOPERMAN LEON G which holds 5.28 million shares representing 4.5265 and valued at over $28.51 million, while BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC holds 4.3417 of the shares totaling 5.06 million with a market value of $27.35 million.
Sunopta, Inc (STKL) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Clark Bryan P, the company’s SVP R&D and QA. SEC filings show that Clark Bryan P sold 8,500 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 13 ’25 at a price of $5.32 per share for a total of $45212.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 28150.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 27 ’25, CHAD M HAGEN (Officer) Proposed Sale 39,527 shares at an average price of $6.20 for $0.25 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Sunopta, Inc (STKL).
