Wells Fargo slashes price target on Clarivate Plc [CLVT] – find out why.

Clarivate Plc [NYSE: CLVT] slipped around -0.23 points on Wednesday, while shares priced at $8.88 at the close of the session, down -2.52%. The company report on January 24, 2024 at 7:00 AM that Clarivate to Report Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results on February 27, 2024.

Clarivate Plc (NYSE: CLVT), a global leader in connecting people and organizations to intelligence they can trust to transform their world, announced today it will report its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2023 before the market opens on Tuesday, February 27. The press release and earnings supplement, with accompanying financial information, will be posted on the Clarivate investor website. The Company will host a conference call and webcast on Tuesday, February 27 at 9:00 AM Eastern Time to review the results.

The live webcast of the earnings call on February 27 will be accessible through the investor relations section of the Company’s website. To join the webcast please visit https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/970830128. A replay will also be available on https://ir.clarivate.com.

Compared to the average trading volume of 5.72M shares, CLVT reached a trading volume of 3617557 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

What do top market gurus say about Clarivate Plc [CLVT]?

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for CLVT shares is $9.04 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on CLVT stock is a recommendation set at 2.50. 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.

Wells Fargo have made an estimate for Clarivate Plc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Underweight, with their previous recommendation back on December 15, 2023.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Clarivate Plc is set at 0.29, with the Price to Sales ratio for CLVT stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 2.25. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.11, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.61. Price to Free Cash Flow for CLVT in the course of the last twelve months was 12.67 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.94.

How has CLVT stock performed recently?

Clarivate Plc [CLVT] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 0.23. With this latest performance, CLVT shares dropped by -3.79% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -6.72% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -18.68% 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 CLVT stock in for the last two-week period is set at 51.14, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 45.33, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 54.52 for Clarivate Plc [CLVT]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 8.34, while it was recorded at 9.09 for the last single week of trading, and 8.01 for the last 200 days.

Clarivate Plc [CLVT]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals

Clarivate Plc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.94 and a Current Ratio set at 0.94.

Earnings analysis for Clarivate Plc [CLVT]

With the latest financial reports released by the company, Clarivate Plc posted 0.22/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 0.17/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company surpassed the estimates by a Surprise Factor of 29.40%. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for CLVT. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Clarivate Plc go to 5.70%.

Insider trade positions for Clarivate Plc [CLVT]

The top three institutional holders of CLVT stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.3 billion shares, which is approximately 8.2815%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.03 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $176.59 billion in CLVT stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $156.75 billion in CLVT stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8325%.