AppLovin Corporation [NASDAQ: APP] loss -4.48% or -0.68 points to close at $14.49 with a heavy trading volume of 3340601 shares. The company report on February 16, 2023 that Machine Zone Releases Final Fantasy XV: War for Eos.
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It opened the trading session at $14.65, the shares rose to $15.05 and dropped to $14.1201, the range by which the price of stock traded the whole day. The daily chart for APP points out that the company has recorded -44.35% loss over the past six months. However, it is still -58.53% lower than its most recent low trading price.
If we look at the average trading volume of 3.63M shares, APP reached to a volume of 3340601 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about AppLovin Corporation [APP]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for APP shares is $23.23 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on APP stock is a recommendation set at 2.30. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
UBS have made an estimate for AppLovin Corporation shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on February 23, 2023. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, The Benchmark Company raised their target price to Sell. The new note on the price target was released on January 05, 2023, representing the official price target for AppLovin Corporation stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for AppLovin Corporation is set at 1.07, with the Price to Sales ratio for APP stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.99. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 2.85, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 2.44. Price to Free Cash Flow for APP in the course of the last twelve months was 44.03 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 3.40.
Trading performance analysis for APP stock
AppLovin Corporation [APP] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -14.11. With this latest performance, APP shares gained by 21.76% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -44.35% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -74.73% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for APP stock in for the last two-week period is set at 53.95, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 51.02, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 54.26 for AppLovin Corporation [APP]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 11.91, while it was recorded at 14.89 for the last single week of trading, and 23.25 for the last 200 days.
AppLovin Corporation [APP]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and AppLovin Corporation [APP] shares currently have an operating margin of +5.37 and a Gross Margin at +63.81. AppLovin Corporation’s Net Margin is presently recorded at +1.14.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 3.20, with Return on Assets sitting at 0.76.
AppLovin Corporation’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 3.40 and a Current Ratio set at 3.40.
An analysis of insider ownership at AppLovin Corporation [APP]
There are presently around $2,324 million, or 49.30% of APP stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of APP stocks are: KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P. with ownership of 60,735,000, which is approximately 0% of the company’s market cap and around 4.30% of the total institutional ownership; VANGUARD GROUP INC, holding 15,832,711 shares of the stock with an approximate value of $229.42 million in APP stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $127.66 million in APP stock with ownership of nearly -26.823% of the company’s market capitalization.
Positions in AppLovin Corporation stocks held by institutional investors increased at the end of Wednesday and at the time of the Wednesday reporting period, where 140 institutional holders increased their position in AppLovin Corporation [NASDAQ:APP] by around 32,977,205 shares. Additionally, 133 investors decreased positions by around 14,558,071 shares, while 19 investors held positions by with 112,838,615 shares. The mentioned changes placed institutional holdings at 160,373,891 shares, according to the latest SEC report filing. APP stock had 68 new institutional investments in for a total of 12,621,718 shares, while 61 institutional investors sold positions of 5,618,244 shares during the same period.