Blade Air Mobility Inc (NASDAQ:BLDE) traded at $3.86 at close of the session on Tuesday, April 09, made an upward move of 1.31% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $3.81 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads -0.21 . In terms of its 52-week price range, BLDE has a high of $4.54 and a low of $2.06. The company’s stock has lost about -2.03% over that past 30 days.
Blade Air Mobility Inc has a market cap of $291.16 million and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on May 09, 2024 – May 13, 2024. Estimates by analysts give the company expected earnings per share (EPS) of -$0.12, with the EPS growth for the year raised at -$0.28 for 2024 and -$0.19 for next year. These figures represent 63.20% and 32.10% growth in EPS for the two years respectively.
Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at $49.46 million, with a low of $48.25 million and a high of $51 million. The median projection represents growth squeezing down to 9.30% compared to sales growth for the corresponding quarter a year ago. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for 2024 is expected to hit $246.37 million, or 9.40% up from figures reported last year.
There have been no upward and no downward revisions for the stock’s EPS in last 7 days, something that reflects the nature of company’s price movement in short term. On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the BLDE stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 50% Sell, while medium term indicators assign it an average of Hold. Long term indicators on average place the stock in the category of 100% Buy.
Looking further, we note the current price level is 29.44% off its SMA20 and 23.20% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 66.08 while the volatility over the past week is 10.65% and jumps to 10.28% over the past one month. The beta value is 1.11, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 0.30.
Coming back to Blade Air Mobility Inc (NASDAQ:BLDE), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 862.30K, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 1.24 million. Current shares outstanding are 75.13 million.
The insiders hold 40.06% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 42.19%. The data shows that short shares as of Mar 15, 2024, stood at 3.0 million at a short ratio of 2.76. This represents a 3.98% short interest in shares outstanding on Mar 15, 2024. Shares short rose in March from the previous month at 2.48 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock 9.35% up in year-to-date price movement.
