Should This Give Clarivate Plc (NYSE: CLVT) Investors Sleepless Nights?

The trading price of Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT) closed higher on Monday, April 01, closing at $7.48, 0.67% higher than its previous close.

In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $10.03 and a 52-week low of $6.07. Over the past month, the stock has gained 4.18% in value.

Clarivate Plc, whose market valuation is $4.98 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report May 07, 2024 – May 13, 2024. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by $0.14 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of $0.74 for 2024 and $0.81 for 2025. It means analysts are expecting annual earnings per share growth of -9.80% this year and 9.50% next year.

Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of $618.83 million for the current quarter, with the likely lows of $609.68 million and highs of $628.1 million. The average estimate suggests sales will likely down by -0.60% 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 $2.62 billion. The company’s revenue is forecast to drop by -0.40% 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 Clarivate Plc 1 upward and no downward comments were posted in the last 7 days. On the technical side, indicators suggest CLVT has a 50% Sell on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 50% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 50% Sell.

A quick review shows that CLVT’s price is currently 4.15% off the SMA20 and -8.97% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 47.81, and weekly volatility stands at 2.39%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 3.09%. Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.25, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.26.

To see how Clarivate Plc stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: CLVT stock’s performance was 0.67% in the latest trading, and -19.66% in the past year.

An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT) indicates that the 3-month average is 4.04 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 3.66 million.

Currently, records show that 666.10 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 44.57% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 64.77%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of Mar 15, 2024, stood at 33.92 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 6.4 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 5.08% of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in March were down slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 38.48 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen -19.22% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even lower.

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