At the time of writing, Blue Apron Holdings Inc. [APRN] stock is trading at $1.13, up 10.78%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The APRN shares have gain 19.50% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 48.68%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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On 23, December 2022, Blue Apron Announces Receipt of Continued Listing Standard Notice from NYSE. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, Blue Apron (NYSE: APRN) received written notice on December 21, 2022, from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that the company is not in compliance with the NYSE continued listing standards, which require it to maintain: (i) a minimum average closing price of at least $1.00 per share over a consecutive 30-day trading period; and (ii) an average global market capitalization of at least $50.0 million over a consecutive 30-day trading period and, at the same time, a total stockholders’ equity equal to or greater than $50.0 million.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Blue Apron Holdings Inc. [NYSE: APRN] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on August 10, 2022, when Lake Street initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $9. Previously, The Benchmark Company started tracking the stock with Buy rating on July 21, 2022, and set its price target to $10. On July 30, 2020, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $18 on the stock. Guggenheim downgraded its rating to a Neutral. Canaccord Genuity downgraded its rating to a Hold and reduced its price target to $3 on November 15, 2018. Stifel reiterated a Hold rating for this stock on May 04, 2018, and downed its price target to $3.50. In a note dated February 16, 2018, Northcoast upgraded an Neutral rating on this stock.
For the past year, the stock price of Blue Apron Holdings Inc. fluctuated between $0.61 and $8.58. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $4.00 within the next 12 months. Blue Apron Holdings Inc. [NYSE: APRN] shares were valued at $1.13 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 253.98% based on the average APRN price forecast.
Analyzing the APRN fundamentals
Gross Margin for this corporation currently stands at +31.13% with Operating Margin at -15.12%, Pretax Margin comes in at -18.78%, and Net Margin reading is -18.79%.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 1.0133 points at the first support level, and at 0.8967 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 1.2833, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 1.4367.
Blue Apron Holdings Inc. [APRN] reported earnings per share of -$0.62 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 6/29/2022. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of -$0.55/share, meaning a difference of -$0.07 and a surprise factor of -12.70%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 3/30/2022 were -$1.17 per share as compared to estimates of -$0.63 per share, a difference of -$0.54 representing a surprise of -85.70%.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Blue Apron Holdings Inc. [NYSE:APRN] has a current ratio of 1.00. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.18, while the Cash Ratio is 1.04. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.32, the price to book ratio is 2.66.
Transactions by insiders
Insider trading, which has resulted in 19 insider purchases of 41,890 shares and 4 insider sales of 17,530 shares in the past three months, is now the topic of our analysis. Recent insider trading involved Leitgeb Terri, Chief People Officer, that happened on Nov 28 when 784.0 shares were sold. President and CEO, Findley Linda completed a deal on Nov 28 to sell 10191.0 shares. Meanwhile, General Counsel & Corp. Sec’y Deutsch Meredith L sold 2925.0 shares on Nov 28.