Aspen Aerogels Inc (NYSE: ASPN) is -75.44% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $4.16 and a high of $33.15 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 ASPN stock was last observed hovering at around $6.34 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.32%.
Currently trading at $6.66, the stock is 5.43% and 9.13% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.09 million and changing 5.05% at the moment leaves the stock -38.37% off its SMA200. ASPN registered -43.94% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -46.59%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $6.0506 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $11.117.
The stock witnessed a 5.88% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 28.57%, and is -4.86% 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 4.80% over the week and 5.85% over the month.
Aspen Aerogels Inc (ASPN) has around 554 employees, a market worth around $547.29M and $436.92M in sales. Fwd P/E is 44.40. Profit margin for the company is -65.47%. Distance from 52-week low is 60.10% and -79.91% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-60.40%).
with sales reaching $72.53M over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -2402.94% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -35.49% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -38.42% in year-over-year returns.
287.0 institutions hold shares in Aspen Aerogels Inc (ASPN), with institutional investors hold 88.04% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 82.17M, and float is at 80.69M with Short Float at 11.08%. Institutions hold 73.62% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is KIM, LLC with over 12.28 million shares valued at $292.89 million. The investor’s holdings represent 16.0872 of the ASPN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 4.49 million shares valued at $107.14 million to account for 5.885 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 4.02 million shares representing 5.2601 and valued at over $95.77 million, while OAKTOP CAPITAL MANAGEMENT II, L.P. holds 4.376 of the shares totaling 3.34 million with a market value of $79.67 million.
Aspen Aerogels Inc (ASPN) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Young Donald R, the company’s President and CEO. SEC filings show that Young Donald R bought 20,000 shares of the company’s common stock on May 12 ’25 at a price of $5.35 per share for a total of $0.11 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.55 million shares.
Aspen Aerogels Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Sep 30 ’24 that Young Donald R (President and CEO) sold a total of 63,355 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Sep 30 ’24 and was made at $30.03 per share for $1.9 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.48 million shares of the ASPN stock.
