The trading price of BARK Inc (NYSE:BARK) closed lower on Monday, March 11, closing at $1.35, -2.88% lower than its previous close.
In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $1.64 and a 52-week low of $0.70. Over the past month, the stock has gained 29.81% in value.
BARK Inc, whose market valuation is $239.19 million at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report May 30, 2024 – Jun 03, 2024. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by -$0.01 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of -$0.12 for 2024 and -$0.06 for 2025. It means analysts are expecting annual earnings per share growth of 65.70% this year and 50.00% next year.
Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of $122.43 million for the current quarter, with the likely lows of $121.2 million and highs of $123.71 million. The average estimate suggests sales will likely down by -2.80% this quarter compared to what was recorded in the comparable quarter last year. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue in 2024 is $491.03 million. The company’s revenue is forecast to drop by -8.30% over what it did in 2024.
A company’s earnings reviews provide a brief indication of a stock’s direction in the short term, where in the case of BARK Inc No upward and no downward comments were posted in the last 7 days. On the technical side, indicators suggest BARK has a 100% Buy on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a Hold, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 50% Buy.
A quick review shows that BARK’s price is currently 10.93% off the SMA20 and 32.07% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 63.68, and weekly volatility stands at 13.06%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 8.00%. BARK Inc (NYSE:BARK)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.52, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.10.
To see how BARK Inc stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: BARK stock’s performance was -2.88% in the latest trading, and 9.76% in the past year.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of BARK Inc (NYSE:BARK) indicates that the 3-month average is 1.14 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 0.77 million.
Currently, records show that 177.65 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 41.60% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 21.71%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of Feb 15, 2024, stood at 17.73 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 16.99 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 10.01% of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in February were up slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 16.23 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 67.60% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
