Penguin Solutions (NASDAQ:PENG) Sets New 52-Week High – What’s Next?

Penguin Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PENGGet Free Report)’s share price reached a new 52-week high on Monday . The company traded as high as $75.64 and last traded at $73.4940, with a volume of 227491 shares. The stock had previously closed at $67.15.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently commented on PENG shares. Rosenblatt Securities increased their price target on shares of Penguin Solutions from $54.00 to $65.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Zacks Research cut Penguin Solutions from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Weiss Ratings downgraded Penguin Solutions from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. Wall Street Zen raised Penguin Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday, May 17th. Finally, Barclays cut Penguin Solutions from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $23.00 to $27.00 in a report on Wednesday, April 22nd. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $36.88.

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Penguin Solutions Price Performance

The company has a current ratio of 2.10, a quick ratio of 1.55 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09. The company has a market capitalization of $3.40 billion, a PE ratio of 93.00 and a beta of 2.89. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $47.83 and its two-hundred day moving average is $29.52.

Penguin Solutions (NASDAQ:PENGGet Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April 1st. The company reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.09. Penguin Solutions had a return on equity of 19.94% and a net margin of 4.07%.The business had revenue of $343.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $339.00 million. On average, equities analysts predict that Penguin Solutions, Inc. will post 1.79 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Sandeep Nayyar sold 12,893 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $45.09, for a total transaction of $581,345.37. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 32,524 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,466,507.16. The trade was a 28.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director Maximiliane C. Straub sold 8,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $45.00, for a total transaction of $360,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 58,975 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,653,875. The trade was a 11.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 83,120 shares of company stock worth $3,486,734 in the last 90 days. 2.90% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in PENG. Royal Bank of Canada purchased a new stake in Penguin Solutions in the 1st quarter valued at about $7,250,000. Amundi purchased a new position in shares of Penguin Solutions during the first quarter worth approximately $373,000. AQR Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Penguin Solutions during the first quarter valued at approximately $1,076,000. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Penguin Solutions during the first quarter valued at approximately $538,000. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Penguin Solutions in the first quarter valued at approximately $3,259,000.

About Penguin Solutions

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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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