Is Opko Health Inc (OPK) Stock a Good Buy for Short-term Investors?

Opko Health Inc [OPK] stock is trading at $1.00, up 1.47%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The OPK shares have gain 3.08% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.99%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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On 28, February 2024, NextPlat Opens OPKO Health-Branded Storefront on Alibaba’s Tmall Global Platform in China on March 1st. In a post published today on Yahoo Finance, New Health and Wellness E-Commerce Storefront Launches After Receiving All Required Approvals with Initial Selection of OPKO Health Products.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Opko Health Inc [NASDAQ: OPK] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on June 29, 2023, when Barrington Research upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $2 for it. Previously, H.C. Wainwright started tracking the stock with Buy rating on December 15, 2022, and set its price target to $3. On January 24, 2022, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Mkt Perform. Ladenburg Thalmann started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and suggested a price target of $7 on June 21, 2021. Piper Jaffray initiated its recommendation with a Overweight and recommended $2.50 as its price target on November 25, 2019. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to Underweight for this stock on March 02, 2018. In a note dated September 14, 2017, JP Morgan downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock.

Opko Health Inc [OPK] stock has fluctuated between $0.85 and $2.24 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $3.5 within the next 12 months. Opko Health Inc [NASDAQ: OPK] shares were valued at $1.00 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 250.0% based on the average OPK price forecast.

Analyzing the OPK fundamentals

Opko Health Inc [NASDAQ:OPK] reported sales of 863.49M for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -1.89%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.38% with Operating Profit Margin at -0.17%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at -0.25%, and Net Profit Margin reading is -0.24%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at -0.1, Equity is -0.14 and Total Capital is -0.08. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.18.

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 0.9827 points at the first support level, and at 0.9653 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 1.0187, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 1.0373.

Opko Health Inc [OPK] reported earnings per share of -$0.09 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of -$0.09/share, meaning a difference of $0 and a surprise factor of 0.00%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2023 were -$0.11 per share as compared to estimates of -$0.1 per share, a difference of -$0.01 representing a surprise of -10.00%.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, Opko Health Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.55. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.44, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.69. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.81, the price to book ratio is 0.54.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved FROST PHILLIP MD ET AL, CEO & Chairman, that happened on Feb 28 when 0.5 million shares were purchased. CEO & Chairman, FROST PHILLIP MD ET AL completed a deal on Feb 21 to buy 1.0 million shares. Meanwhile, CEO & Chairman FROST PHILLIP MD ET AL bought 1.5 million shares on Feb 07.

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