In yesterday’s Wall Street session, BlackBerry Ltd (NYSE:BB) shares traded at $4.12, up 5.10% from the previous session.
10 analysts cover BlackBerry Ltd (NYSE:BB), according to research data. The consensus rating among analysts is ‘Hold’. As we calculate the median target price by taking the range between a high of $11.00 and a low of $4.00, we find $5.00. Given the previous closing price of $3.92, this indicates a potential upside of 27.55 percent. BB stock price is now 10.34% away from the 50-day moving average and -7.43% away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $2.40B.
The stock has received a hold rating from 8 analysts and a buy rating from 2. Brokers who have rated the stock have averaged $5.84 as their price target over the next twelve months.
With the price target enhanced from $4.20 to $6.50, CIBC Upgraded its rating from Sector Underperform to Neutral for BlackBerry Ltd (NYSE: BB).
In other news, CHEN JOHN S, Executive Chairman & CEO sold 554,211 shares of the company’s stock on Nov 03. The stock was sold for $2,022,870 at an average price of $3.65. Upon completion of the transaction, the Executive Chairman & CEO now directly owns 6,893,527 shares in the company, valued at $28.4 million. An SEC document containing details of the transaction can be found on the SEC’s website. On Sep 28, CLO & Corp. Secretary Kurtz Philip S. sold 15,798 shares of the business’s stock. A total of $72,197 was realized by selling the stock at an average price of $4.57. This leaves the insider owning 16,265 shares of the company worth $67011.8. Insiders disposed of 4,287,535 shares of company stock worth roughly $17.66 million over the past 1 year. A total of 1.71% of the company’s stock is owned by insiders.
On Friday morning BlackBerry Ltd (NYSE: BB) stock kicked off with the opening price of $3.9000. During the past 12 months, BlackBerry Ltd has had a low of $3.17 and a high of $5.75. As of last week, the company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a current ratio of 0.90, and a quick ratio of 0.90. The fifty day moving average price for BB is $3.7210 and a two-hundred day moving average price translates $4.4521 for the stock.
The latest earnings results from BlackBerry Ltd (NYSE: BB) was released for Aug, 2023. According to the Software – Infrastructure Company, earnings per share came in at -$0.04, beating analysts’ expectations of -$0.06 by 0.02. This compares to -$0.08 EPS in the same period last year. The net profit margin was -66.91% and return on equity was -51.13% for BB. The company reported revenue of $132.0 million for the quarter, compared to $168.0 million a year earlier. Comparatively to last year’s same quarter, the company’s quarterly revenue fell -21.43 percent. For the current quarter, analysts expect BB to generate $172.37M in revenue.
BlackBerry Ltd(BB) Company Profile
BlackBerry Limited provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises and governments worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Cybersecurity, IoT, and Licensing and Other. The company offers CylancePROTECT, an endpoint protection platform and mobile threat defense solution; CylanceOPTICS, an endpoint detection and response solution; CylanceGUARD, a managed detection and response solution; CylanceGATEWAY, an AI-empowered zero-trust network access solution; CylancePERSONA, a user and entity behavior analytics solution; BlackBerry unified endpoint management, a central software component for secure communications platform; BlackBerry Dynamics, a development platform and secure container for mobile applications; and BlackBerry Workspaces solutions. It also provides BlackBerry SecuSUITE, a multi-OS voice and text messaging solution; BlackBerry AtHoc and BlackBerry Alert, which are secure and networked critical event management solutions; BlackBerry QNX that offers real-time operating systems, hypervisors, middleware, development tools, and professional services; BlackBerry Certicom, a cryptography and key management product; BlackBerry Radar, an asset monitoring solution; and BlackBerry IVY, an intelligent vehicle data platform. In addition, the company is involved in the patent licensing and legacy service access fees business. The company was formerly known as Research In Motion Limited and changed its name to BlackBerry Limited in July 2013. BlackBerry Limited was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Waterloo, Canada.
