Oportun Financial Corp (NASDAQ:OPRT) shares, rose in value on Thursday, April 16, with the stock price up by 4.54% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $4.61.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $4.41, falling within a range of $4.4 and $4.665. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.863. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $9.24, and the low was $2.08. On the whole, OPRT has fluctuated by -19.12% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Oportun Financial Corp currently standing at about $166.58 million, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Feb-11.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 963.33M, with a low estimate of 227.15M and a high estimate of 232.5M. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 228.67M.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that OPRT’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a Hold on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the price of OPRT currently trading nearly -8.69% and -22.40% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 42.98, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 6.21% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 9.74%. Furthermore, Oportun Financial Corp (OPRT)’s beta value is 1.29, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.48.
A comparison of Oportun Financial Corp (OPRT) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. OPRT showed an intraday change of 4.54% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 110.50%%.
Data on historical trading for Oportun Financial Corp (NASDAQ:OPRT) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.53 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 604.37K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 36.11 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 15.47% of Oportun Financial Corp’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 58.99% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 0.15 million shares as on 2025-03-31, resulting in a short ratio of 0.27. According to the data, the short interest in Oportun Financial Corp (OPRT) stood at 50.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-03-31; the number of short shares registered in 2025-02-28 reached 0.16 million. The stock has risen by 18.81% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the OPRT stock heading into the next quarter.
