In the past week, ORGN stock has gone up by 8.07%, with a monthly decline of -1.38% and a quarterly plunge of -35.41%. The volatility ratio for the week is 6.18%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 7.34% for Origin Materials Inc The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 6.26% for ORGN’s stock, with a -51.05% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Origin Materials Inc (NASDAQ: ORGN) Right Now?
ORGN has 36-month beta value of 0.82. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for ORGN is 137.81M, and currently, short sellers hold a 2.10% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of ORGN on June 26, 2025 was 1.15M shares.
ORGN) stock’s latest price update
Origin Materials Inc (NASDAQ: ORGN)’s stock price has increased by 6.64 compared to its previous closing price of 0.45. However, the company has seen a 8.07% increase in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-05-20 that Origin Materials’ proprietary technology enables sustainable, non-petroleum PET (plastic) production, attracting major partners and overwhelming customer interest despite recent production delays. Production and revenue setbacks have shaken investor confidence, but these are short-term operational issues, not thesis-destroying risks; the company continues to progress. Origin’s strong balance sheet, low debt, and cash position provide a significant margin of safety, with shares currently priced below net cash per share.
Analysts’ Opinion of ORGN
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for ORGN stocks, with BofA Securities repeating the rating for ORGN by listing it as a “Underperform.” The predicted price for ORGN in the upcoming period, according to BofA Securities is $1.50 based on the research report published on January 14, 2025 of the current year 2025.
BofA Securities, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see ORGN reach a price target of $3, previously predicting the price at $1.35. The rating they have provided for ORGN stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on August 16th, 2024.
Craig Hallum gave a rating of “Hold” to ORGN, setting the target price at $2 in the report published on August 11th of the previous year.
ORGN Trading at -14.73% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought ORGN to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -74.83% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at ORGN starting from Lee Joshua C., who sale 10,441 shares at the price of $0.85 back on Mar 05 ’25. After this action, Lee Joshua C. now owns 692,944 shares of Origin Materials Inc, valued at $8,926 using the latest closing price.
Bissell John, the CEO and Director of Origin Materials Inc, sale 20,828 shares at $0.85 during a trade that took place back on Mar 05 ’25, which means that Bissell John is holding 2,105,402 shares at $17,777 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for ORGN
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -3.33 for the present operating margin
- 0.09 for the gross margin
The net margin for Origin Materials Inc stands at -3.22. The total capital return value is set at -0.3. Equity return is now at value -26.63, with -24.13 for asset returns.
Based on Origin Materials Inc (ORGN), the company’s capital structure generated 0.02 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -5.62. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.02. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 221.09.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -71.94 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.42. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.2. The receivables turnover for the company is 1.34for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.09. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 9.51.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Origin Materials Inc (ORGN) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
