After Hours
It may be riskier to trade before market opening and after market closing than during regular market hours. Since issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities due to lower liquidity and higher volatility. After-hours trades for Duck Creek Technologies Inc. (DCT) shows that investor sentiment remained same, with the stock’s consolidated last price remained same to $18.89. The Duck Creek Technologies Inc. has recorded 338,405 volume in the after hours trading session. Recently, Yahoo Finance discussed the stock, revealing that Duck Creek’s Technologies is named Quadient’s 2022 Americas Partner of the Year.
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Duck Creek Technologies Inc. is listed on the NASDAQ in the Technology sector while operating in the Software – Application industry. At the end of the last regular session, the stock closed at $18.89 and fluctuated between $18.91 as its day high and $18.76 as its day low. The current market capitalization of Duck Creek Technologies Inc. is $2.59B. A total of 1.55 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.69M shares.
Insider trades are also considered as indicators of how a stock will perform in the future, in addition to stock predictions. During the recent three months, DCT has seen 0 BUY and 0 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 0 and the disposition of 0 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 15 BUYs and 0 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 1,224,343 shares during that period but sold 0.
In the most recent transaction, Harris Eva F. bought 3,516 shares of DCT for 14.25 per share on Jul 01. After the transaction, the Chief Strategy Officer now owns 76,901 company shares. In a previous transaction on Apr 25, RHODES KEVIN R bought 3,000 shares at 16.66 per share. DCT shares that Chief Financial Officer owns now total 137,393.
Dividend
The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. DCT’s most recent ex-dividend date was 6/28/2018 when it declared a $0.36 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 7/11/2018. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 4/11/2018 with an ex-dividend date of 3/28/2018. The DCT stock dividend was $0.36 per share in cash.
Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for DCT in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $17.25 with high estimates of $19.00 and low estimates of $12.00. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, DCT has a high of $23.05 and a low of $10.04.
As of this writing, DCT has an earnings estimate of $0.03 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 10 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.05 per share and a lower estimate of $0.02. The company reported an EPS of $0.03 in the last quarter, which was 50.00% higher than expectations of $0.02.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information.
Analysts Opinion
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Currently, 9 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for DCT is Overweight with a score of 2.89. A total of 0 analysts rated the stock as Buy while 0 rated it as Overweight while 9 rated it as Hold. Among the other participants, 0 thought the stock was Underweight and 0 thought it should be Sold.
