Ocean Power Technologies (AMEX: OPTT)’s stock price has plunge by 9.28relation to previous closing price of 0.49. Nevertheless, the company has seen a -0.54% plunge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-05-30 that Discover why Zacks, being the first on Wall Street to initiate the stock coverage, rates OPTT as “Neutral.” Explore how its AI-driven maritime tech shows promise, but execution and financial risks linger.
Is It Worth Investing in Ocean Power Technologies (AMEX: OPTT) Right Now?
Additionally, the 36-month beta value for OPTT is 2.66. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 rating it as “overweight,” 0 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for OPTT is 153.75M and currently, short sellers hold a 6.97% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of OPTT on June 04, 2025 was 4.43M shares.
OPTT’s Market Performance
OPTT’s stock has seen a -0.54% decrease for the week, with a 22.80% rise in the past month and a 4.01% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.30%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 6.47% for Ocean Power Technologies The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 3.81% for OPTT’s stock, with a 25.02% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of OPTT
Ascendiant Capital Markets, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see OPTT reach a price target of $5. The rating they have provided for OPTT stocks is “Strong Buy” according to the report published on May 09th, 2013.
UBS gave a rating of “Buy” to OPTT, setting the target price at $14 in the report published on July 17th of the previous year.
OPTT Trading at 15.92% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought OPTT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -69.59% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at OPTT starting from Slaiby Peter E., who purchase 35,000 shares at the price of $0.19 back on Nov 25 ’24. After this action, Slaiby Peter E. now owns 241,871 shares of Ocean Power Technologies, valued at $6,713 using the latest closing price.
Cryan Terence James, the Director of Ocean Power Technologies, purchase 100,000 shares at $0.15 during a trade that took place back on Nov 13 ’24, which means that Cryan Terence James is holding 358,658 shares at $14,800 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for OPTT
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -3.43 for the present operating margin
- 0.38 for the gross margin
The net margin for Ocean Power Technologies stands at -3.57. The total capital return value is set at -0.7. Equity return is now at value -80.51, with -63.24 for asset returns.
Based on Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT), the company’s capital structure generated 0.07 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -9.53.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -28.24 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.4. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 13.73. The receivables turnover for the company is 2.91for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.18. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 3.88.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT) has seen mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
