Penguin Solutions (NASDAQ:PENG - Get Free Report) shares were down 2.8% on Monday . The stock traded as low as $19.00 and last traded at $19.32. 223,641 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 78% from the average daily volume of 1,032,024 shares. The stock had previously closed at $19.87.
Several research firms recently issued reports on PENG. Barclays decreased their target price on shares of Penguin Solutions from $27.00 to $22.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on shares of Penguin Solutions in a research report on Friday, November 1st. They issued a "buy" rating and a $21.00 price objective for the company. JMP Securities initiated coverage on Penguin Solutions in a research note on Monday, November 18th. They issued an "outperform" rating and a $23.00 price target for the company. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on Penguin Solutions from $32.00 to $27.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. Finally, Citizens Jmp upgraded Penguin Solutions to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Monday, November 18th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $23.60.
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The business has a 50 day moving average of $17.44. The company has a current ratio of 2.65, a quick ratio of 2.19 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.65. The stock has a market cap of $1.05 billion, a PE ratio of -19.32 and a beta of 1.74.
Penguin Solutions (NASDAQ:PENG - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 15th. The company reported $0.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.27 by ($0.04). Penguin Solutions had a positive return on equity of 8.05% and a negative net margin of 4.48%. The firm had revenue of $311.15 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $325.00 million. Research analysts expect that Penguin Solutions will post 1.33 EPS for the current fiscal year.
In other Penguin Solutions news, insider Joseph Gates Clark sold 2,264 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $17.50, for a total transaction of $39,620.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 95,999 shares in the company, valued at $1,679,982.50. This represents a 2.30 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, COO Jack A. Pacheco sold 13,334 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Monday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.05, for a total value of $267,346.70. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 235,960 shares in the company, valued at $4,730,998. This trade represents a 5.35 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 2.40% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Penguin Solutions, Inc engages in the designing and development of enterprise solutions worldwide. It operates through three segments: Advanced Computing, Integrated Memory, and Optimized LED. It offers dynamic random access memory modules, solid-state and flash storage, and other advanced integrated memory solutions for networking and telecom, data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning applications; and supply chain services, including procurement, logistics, inventory management, temporary warehousing, programming, kitting, and packaging services.
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