Match Group Inc (NASDAQ: MTCH) – Not A Clear Buying Opportunity?

Match Group Inc (MTCH) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $34.47, with 5.77 million shares of worth about $198.94 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -2.05% during that period and on February 19, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -2.16%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 251.09M shares, out of which, 249.16M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of 1.59% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 5.28%. Year-to-date (YTD), MTCH shares are showing a performance of 5.38% which decreased to -8.45% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $27.66 but also hit the highest price of $38.84 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Match Group Inc shares is 4.46 million. The stock is currently trading -0.12% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 3.75% for SMA50 and it goes to 2.23% higher than SMA200.

Match Group Inc (NASDAQ: MTCH) currently have 251.09M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 112.26% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $8.66B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.24. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 17.05, while it has posted earnings per share of $2.02 in the same period. Its PEG reads 1.12 and has Quick Ratio of 2.49. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for MTCH, volatility over the week remained 2.00% while standing at 2.76% over the month.

Analysts are in expectations that Match Group Inc (MTCH) stock would likely to be making an EPS of 0.65 in the current quarter, while forecast for next quarter EPS is 0.8 and it is 3.79 for next year. For the current quarter EPS, analysts have given the company a lowest target 0.59 which is 0.7 at the higher side of the target for the same. When we compare those targets with actual EPS, we find that company posted an EPS of 0.64 in the same quarter a year ago. Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 2.67% while it is estimated to increase by 20.66% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 15.23% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 2.24% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Coverage by Evercore ISI stated Match Group Inc (MTCH) stock as an In-line in their note to investors on February 06, 2025, suggesting a price target of $35 for the stock. On January 14, 2025, BTIG Research Downgrade their recommendations, while on December 18, 2024, JP Morgan Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $33. Stock get a Hold rating from Jefferies on December 17, 2024.

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