Irobot Corp (NASDAQ: IRBT) is -48.93% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $1.76 and a high of $13.45 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 IRBT stock was last observed hovering at around $4.51 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.72%.
Currently trading at $5.23, the stock is 31.67% and 49.39% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.79 million and changing 15.96% at the moment leaves the stock -10.40% off its SMA200. IRBT registered -32.52% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -32.86%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $3.501 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $5.83765.
The stock witnessed a 66.56% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 164.14%, and is 14.95% 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 12.33% over the week and 11.59% over the month.
Irobot Corp (IRBT) has around 541 employees, a market worth around $162.69M and $621.46M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -38.84%. Distance from 52-week low is 197.16% and -61.12% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-1234.46%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 12.20% this year
198.0 institutions hold shares in Irobot Corp (IRBT), with institutional investors hold 56.36% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 31.11M, and float is at 28.35M with Short Float at 27.35%. Institutions hold 54.20% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC with over 2.59 million shares valued at $23.63 million. The investor’s holdings represent 8.851 of the IRBT Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 2.23 million shares valued at $20.31 million to account for 7.6079 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 1.54 million shares representing 5.2442 and valued at over $14.0 million, while PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ holds 5.0226 of the shares totaling 1.47 million with a market value of $13.41 million.
Irobot Corp (IRBT) Insider Activity
Still, SEC filings show that on Sep 16 ’24, ZEILER JULIE (EVP, Chief Financial Officer) disposed off 451 shares at an average price of $7.29 for $3288.0. The insider now directly holds 117,604 shares of Irobot Corp (IRBT).
