7.88% volatility in SelectQuote Inc (SLQT) last month: This is a red flag warning

A new trading day began on Tuesday, with SelectQuote Inc (NYSE: SLQT) stock price down -9.80% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $4.08. SLQT’s price has ranged from $1.03 to $4.46 over the past 52 weeks.

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A company in the Financial sector has jumped its sales by 36.47% annually for the last half of the decade. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 50.00%. With a float of $134.25 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $166.87 million.

In an organization with 4186 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 52.16%, operating margin of 2.72%, and the pretax margin is -4.99%.

SelectQuote Inc (SLQT) Insider Updates

As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Insurance Brokers Industry. The insider ownership of SelectQuote Inc is 20.63%, while institutional ownership is 35.83%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 18 ’23, was worth 113,295. In this transaction President, SelectQuote Senior of this company bought 97,500 shares at a rate of $1.16, taking the stock ownership to the 400,937 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 15 ’23, when Company’s CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER bought 150,000 for $1.20, making the entire transaction worth $179,250. This insider now owns 1,913,851 shares in total.

SelectQuote Inc (SLQT) Performance Highlights and Predictions

In its latest quarterly report, released on 3/31/2024, the company reported earnings of -0.29 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.15 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 50.00% per share during the next fiscal year.

SelectQuote Inc (NYSE: SLQT) Trading Performance Indicators

Here are SelectQuote Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 2.02. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.50.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.31, a number that is poised to hit -0.15 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach -0.05 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of SelectQuote Inc (SLQT)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 0.92 million. That was better than the volume of 0.85 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 63.02%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.30.

During the past 100 days, SelectQuote Inc’s (SLQT) raw stochastic average was set at 73.83%, which indicates a significant increase from 48.22% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 90.08% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 80.23% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $3.51, while its 200-day Moving Average is $2.23. However, in the short run, SelectQuote Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $3.96. Second resistance stands at $4.23. The third major resistance level sits at $4.42. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $3.50, it is likely to go to the next support level at $3.31. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $3.04.

SelectQuote Inc (NYSE: SLQT) Key Stats

With a market capitalization of 622.51 million, the company has a total of 169,159K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 1,003 M while annual income is -58,540 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 376,400 K while its latest quarter income was 8,550 K.