Wall Street Pummels Conduent Incorporated (CNDT) After Recent Earnings Report

Conduent Incorporated (NASDAQ:CNDT) went up by 0.86% from its latest closing price compared to the recent 1-year high of $5.96. The company’s stock price has collected 8.05% of gains in the last five trading sessions.

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Conduent Incorporated (NASDAQ:CNDT) scored a price-to-earnings ratio above its average ratio, recording 10.63 x from its present earnings ratio. Plus, the 36-month beta value for CNDT is at 1.68. Opinions of the stock are interesting as 0 analysts out of 3 who provided ratings for Conduent Incorporated declared the stock was a “buy,” while 0 rated the stock as “overweight,” 3 rated it as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”

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CNDT currently public float of 204.75M and currently shorts hold a 1.50% ratio of that float. Today, the average trading volume of CNDT was 802.79K shares.

CNDT’s Market Performance

CNDT stocks went up by 8.05% for the week, with a monthly jump of 19.29% and a quarterly performance of 33.90%, while its annual performance rate touched -19.80%. The volatility ratio for the week stands at 3.78% while the volatility levels for the past 30 days are set at 3.61% for Conduent Incorporated. The simple moving average for the period of the last 20 days is 13.28% for CNDT stocks with a simple moving average of 8.04% for the last 200 days.

Analysts’ Opinion of CNDT

Needham gave a rating of “Buy” to CNDT, setting the target price at $5.50 in the report published on February 21st of the previous year.

CNDT Trading at 17.27% from the 50-Day Moving Average

After a stumble in the market that brought CNDT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -21.14% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 3.61%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 3.78%, as shares surge +16.34% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +17.50% upper at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, CNDT rose by +8.05%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -8.38% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $4.18. In addition, Conduent Incorporated saw 16.05% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.

Insider Trading

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CNDT starting from Skelton Clifford, who purchase 47,675 shares at the price of $4.23 back on Aug 04. After this action, Skelton Clifford now owns 2,862,831 shares of Conduent Incorporated, valued at $201,617 using the latest closing price.

Wood Stephen Henry, the EVP, Chief Financial Officer of Conduent Incorporated, purchase 47,455 shares at $4.21 during a trade that took place back on Aug 04, which means that Wood Stephen Henry is holding 478,379 shares at $199,786 based on the most recent closing price.

Stock Fundamentals for CNDT

Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:

  • +3.24 for the present operating margin
  • +15.70 for the gross margin

The net margin for Conduent Incorporated stands at -0.68. Equity return is now at value 8.40, with 2.60 for asset returns.

The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.64.