The stock price of CION Invt Corp (NYSE: CION) has jumped by 0.33 compared to previous close of 9.20. Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 0.98% in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-06-09 that High-yield stocks that trade at deep discounts to NAV often attract value-oriented income investors. However, most of the time, these investments are value traps. I share two popular stocks like this whose dividends I think are at risk and will likely deliver disappointing total returns to shareholders moving forward.
Is It Worth Investing in CION Invt Corp (NYSE: CION) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 1.10. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 1 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for CION is 52.28M, and at present, short sellers hold a 1.18% of that float. On June 19, 2025, the average trading volume of CION was 382.52K shares.
CION’s Market Performance
CION stock saw a decrease of 0.98% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -7.14% and a quarterly a decrease of -15.40%. The volatility ratio for the week is 0.78%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.70% for CION Invt Corp (CION). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -0.77% for CION’s stock, with a simple moving average of -16.49% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of CION
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CION stocks, with Wells Fargo repeating the rating for CION by listing it as a “Underweight.” The predicted price for CION in the upcoming period, according to Wells Fargo is $10 based on the research report published on March 17, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Hovde Group, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see CION reach a price target of $11.50. The rating they have provided for CION stocks is “Market Perform” according to the report published on June 20th, 2023.
Wells Fargo gave a rating of “Equal Weight” to CION, setting the target price at $9.25 in the report published on April 18th of the previous year.
CION Trading at -2.67% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CION to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -27.38% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CION starting from FINLAY PETER I., who purchase 200 shares at the price of $9.66 back on May 27 ’25. After this action, FINLAY PETER I. now owns 2,750 shares of CION Invt Corp, valued at $1,932 using the latest closing price.
ROMAN STEPHEN, the CCO & Secretary of CION Invt Corp, purchase 600 shares at $9.48 during a trade that took place back on May 22 ’25, which means that ROMAN STEPHEN is holding 12,891 shares at $5,688 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CION
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.26 for the present operating margin
- 0.48 for the gross margin
The net margin for CION Invt Corp stands at 0.06. The total capital return value is set at 0.02. Equity return is now at value -1.90, with -0.80 for asset returns.
Based on CION Invt Corp (CION), the company’s capital structure generated 0.59 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.07. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.45. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.32.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 34.01 million with net debt to EBITDA at -29.41. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 13.36. The receivables turnover for the company is 2.82for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.06. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.30.
Conclusion
To sum up, CION Invt Corp (CION) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others 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.
