Bio-Key International Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI) kicked off on Tuesday, up 76.81% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $0.69. Over the past 52 weeks, BKYI has traded in a range of $0.52-$4.43.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Industrials sector was 21.84%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 80.52%. With a float of $2.80 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $3.11 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 44 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 10.98%, operating margin of -155.3%, and the pretax margin is -153.29%.
Bio-Key International Inc. (BKYI) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Security & Protection Services Industry. The insider ownership of Bio-Key International Inc. is 9.95%, while institutional ownership is 4.58%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 01 ’23, was worth 3,600. In this transaction Chief Executive Officer of this company bought 20,000 shares at a rate of $0.18, taking the stock ownership to the 306,827 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 30 ’23, when Company’s Chief Legal Officer bought 20,000 for $0.17, making the entire transaction worth $3,300. This insider now owns 388,171 shares in total.
Bio-Key International Inc. (BKYI) Earnings and Forecasts
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 6/30/2024, the organization reported -7.2 earnings per share (EPS), lower than consensus estimate (set at -4.86) by -2.34. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of -0.46 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 80.52% per share during the next fiscal year.
Bio-Key International Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Bio-Key International Inc.’s (BKYI) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.46. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.63.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -8.56, a number that is poised to hit -0.58 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach -1.47 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Bio-Key International Inc. (BKYI)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 1.54 million, its volume of 24.14 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 65.10%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.20.
During the past 100 days, Bio-Key International Inc.’s (BKYI) raw stochastic average was set at 25.96%, which indicates a significant decrease from 49.00% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 247.78% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 182.32% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $1.0630, while its 200-day Moving Average is $1.5925. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $1.7567 in the near term. At $2.2933, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $2.6367. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $0.8767, it is likely to go to the next support level at $0.5333.
Bio-Key International Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 3.79 million has total of 1,982K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 7,750 K in contrast with the sum of -8,520 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 1,140 K and last quarter income was -1,670 K.