Sunopta, Inc (NASDAQ: STKL) is -41.17% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $3.64 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 $4.75 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.22%.
Currently trading at $4.53, the stock is 8.31% and -6.85% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.02 million and changing -4.63% at the moment leaves the stock -28.13% off its SMA200. STKL registered -19.18% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -33.38%.
The stock witnessed a 14.11% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -38.78%, and is 4.86% 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 6.42% over the week and 6.15% over the month.
Sunopta, Inc (STKL) has around 1248 employees, a market worth around $531.11M and $723.73M in sales. Fwd P/E is 16.31. Profit margin for the company is -2.48%. Distance from 52-week low is 24.28% and -44.14% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-3.60%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 48.91% this year
The shares outstanding are 117.10M, and float is at 112.43M with Short Float at 3.52%.
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).
