In the current trading session, Cepton Inc.’s (CPTN) stock is trading at the price of $0.40, a gain of 4.14% over last night’s close. So, the stock is trading at a price that is -85.51% less than its 52-week high of $2.76 and 25.12% better than its 52-week low of $0.32. Based on the past 30-day period, the stock price is -17.21% below the high and +26.37% above the low.
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The 200-day Simple moving average is often placed more emphasis on by traders because of daily price changes. Investors will use the SMA-200 in different situations in trading activity as a key indicator to determine their support and resistance levels, and at the moment, CPTN’s SMA-200 is $1.2472.
It is also essential to consider CPTN stock ratios like the price-to-sales ratio, which is 8.45 for the last year.
How does Cepton Inc. (CPTN) stock rate among analysts? Buy, sell, or hold?
The key to trading is to concentrate on the future rather than on the past. During uncertain times, it can be hard to make decisions. The analysts who understand how a market works are usually the most accurate at forecasting its future. Currently, there are 4 brokerage firms that recommend the stock as a Moderate Buy. The ratings are commonly aggregated into a single number between 1 and 5. Buy or strong buy is scored 5, outperform is scored 4, hold is scored 3, underperform is scored 2 and strong sell is 1. Using a scale of 1-5, the current average recommendation is 3.50 in simple terms.
Cepton Inc. (CPTN): Earnings History
If we examine Cepton Inc.’s recent earnings history, in the last quarter ended on 3/30/2023, it posted adjusted earnings per share of -$0.09, slashing the consensus of -$0.1. In other words, it beat the consensus by $0.01, resulting in a 10.00% surprise. In the 3 months period before the previous quarter which was closed on 3/30/2023, the stock recorded adjusted earnings per share of -$0.09 in contrast with the Outlook of -$0.1. That was a difference of $0.01 and a surprise of 10.00%.
Cepton Inc. (CPTN): Earnings History
Most analysts expect public companies to report earnings and revenue in line with their projections, but sometimes these figures vary from what they actually expected. In the current quarter, the company had earnings predictions made by 2 different analysts, who are expecting earnings to fall in between the range of -0.07 and -0.11 with an average Earnings Estimate of -0.09 which is in contrast with the last year earnings estimate of -0.09 and also replicates unch growth rate year over year.
Cepton Inc. (NASDAQ: CPTN) Ownership Details
I will give a breakdown of the key shareholders in Cepton Inc. (CPTN). Recent figures show that the company’s insiders hold 61.57% of shares. A total of 63 institutional investors hold shares in the company, making 16.56% of its stock and 43.10% of its float.
Mar 30, 2023, it was reported that the Company’s largest institutional holder is Blackrock Inc. holding total of 2.82 million shares that make 1.80% of the company’s total number of shares and are currently priced at 1.12 million.
The securities firm Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) holds 2.22 million shares of CPTN, making it the second largest institutional shareholder. Taking this into account, the holding percentage comes to 1.41%, and the holding percentage of shares is valued at 0.88 million.
An overview of Cepton Inc.’s technicals
In order to learn about trade movements and investor behavior, it is best to analyze the short, medium, and long term technical indicators along with the average volume of a stock. A 20-day average of the stock’s daily volume suggests Cepton Inc. (CPTN) traded 387,838 shares per day, with a moving average of $0.3867 and price change of +0.0581. With the moving average of $0.4187 and a price change of -0.1360, about 515,311 shares changed hands on average over the past 50 days. Finally, CPTN’s 100-day average volume is 571,867 shares, alongside a moving average of $0.7638 and a price change of -0.8660.
