Stocks of Wolfspeed Inc [WOLF] are gaining investors’ attention: here’s why

In yesterday’s Wall Street session, Wolfspeed Inc (NYSE:WOLF) shares traded at $44.25, up 9.72% from the previous session.

WOLF stock price is now 28.29% away from the 50-day moving average and -9.28% away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $5.55B.

With the price target of $46, Jefferies recently initiated with Hold rating for Wolfspeed Inc (NYSE: WOLF).

In other news, Reynolds Neill, Executive Vice President & CFO sold 3,500 shares of the company’s stock on Dec 08. The stock was sold for $140,489 at an average price of $40.14. Upon completion of the transaction, the Executive Vice President & CFO now directly owns 168,366 shares in the company, valued at $7.45 million. An SEC document containing details of the transaction can be found on the SEC’s website. On Aug 23, Director LE DUY LOAN T bought 5,000 shares of the business’s stock. A total of $235,068 was incurred on buying the stock at an average price of $47.01. This leaves the insider owning 10,000 shares of the company worth $0.44 million. Insiders disposed of 62,113 shares of company stock worth roughly $2.75 million over the past 1 year. A total of 1.12% of the company’s stock is owned by insiders.

During the past 12 months, Wolfspeed Inc has had a low of $27.35 and a high of $87.93. As of last week, the company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.25, a current ratio of 5.44, and a quick ratio of 4.98. The fifty day moving average price for WOLF is $34.49 and a two-hundred day moving average price translates $48.77 for the stock.

The latest earnings results from Wolfspeed Inc (NYSE: WOLF) was released for Sep, 2023. According to the Semiconductors Company, earnings per share came in at -$0.53, beating analysts’ expectations of -$0.67 by 0.14. This compares to -$0.10 EPS in the same period last year. The net profit margin was -79.66% and return on equity was -25.47% for WOLF. The company reported revenue of $197.4 million for the quarter, compared to $189.4 million a year earlier. Comparatively to last year’s same quarter, the company’s quarterly revenue rose 4.22 percent. For the current quarter, analysts expect WOLF to generate $206.36M in revenue.

Wolfspeed Inc(WOLF) Company Profile

Wolfspeed, Inc. operates as a powerhouse semiconductor company focuses on silicon carbide and gallium nitride (GaN) technologies in Europe, Hong Kong, China, rest of Asia-Pacific, the United States, and internationally. It offers silicon carbide and GaN materials, including silicon carbide bare wafers, epitaxial wafers, and GaN epitaxial layers on silicon carbide wafers to manufacture products for RF, power, and other applications. The company also provides power devices, such as silicon carbide Schottky diodes, metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs), and power modules for customers and distributors to use in applications, including electric vehicles comprising charging infrastructure, server power supplies, solar inverters, uninterruptible power supplies, industrial power supplies, and other applications. In addition, it offers RF devices comprising GaN-based die, high-electron mobility transistors, monolithic microwave integrated circuits, and laterally diffused MOSFET power transistors for telecommunications infrastructure, military, and other commercial applications. The company was formerly known as Cree, Inc. and changed its name to Wolfspeed, Inc. in October 2021. Wolfspeed, Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

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