Things To Consider Before Buying Okta Inc (NASDAQ: OKTA)

Okta Inc (NASDAQ:OKTA) shares, rose in value, with the stock price up by 0.83% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $119.00.

Actively observing the price movement in the recent trading, the stock is buoying the session at $118.03. The PE ratio was 2030.80 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $118.54, and the low was $70.56. On the whole, OKTA has fluctuated by 30.22% over the past month.

With the market capitalization of Okta Inc currently standing at about $20.66 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in June.

Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that OKTA’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Buy.

The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 159.15, with the price of OKTA currently trading nearly 12.45% and 12.29% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 70.11, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 3.23% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 4.29%. Furthermore, Okta Inc (OKTA)’s beta value is 0.89, and its average true range (ATR) is 4.48.

A comparison of Okta Inc (OKTA) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. OKTA showed an intraday change of 0.83% in today’s session so far, and over the past year, it grew by 19.90%%.

Data on historical trading for Okta Inc (NASDAQ:OKTA) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 3.84 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 165.65 million shares outstanding.

Nearly 5.31% of Okta Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 84.63% of the company’s shares. The stock has risen by 51.02% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the OKTA stock heading into the next quarter.

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