Taking the lead: Palladyne AI Corp (PDYN)

With 1.64 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 8.13 million shares. During the session, the Software – Infrastructure company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $7.79 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $7.19. The 52-week range on PDYN shows that it touched its highest point at $14.95 and its lowest point at $1.26 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $15.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 3.66.

Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of PDYN was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 20.50%, but this was down by -26.81% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 94.44% while six-month performance rose 409.93%. The stock gained 416.78% in the past year, while it has lost -37.25% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PDYN yields -2.71 with Next year EPS estimates of -5.86. For the next quarter, that number is -1.62. This implies an EPS growth rate of -125.45% for this year and 5.48% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 33.88 million PDYN shares are outstanding with a float of 23.97 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 3.67 million, which was 1041.0 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Benjamin G. Wolff J.D. as the firm’s Co-Founder, President, CEO & Director, Dr. Denis Garagic serves as its Co- Founder & CTO.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.12803 of PDYN’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, PDYN reported revenue of $761000.0 and operating income of -$6484000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $40489000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.

Analysts Ratings:

In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With PDYN analysts setting a high price target of 15.0 and a low target of 15.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 15.0. Based on these targets, PDYN could surge 94.81% to reach the target high and rise by 94.81% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 94.81% from current levels.

EPS: Estimates vs Actual

It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$2.75 being high and -$2.75 being low. For PDYN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$2.75. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.