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 Napco Security Technologies Inc. (NSSC) shows that investor sentiment remained intact, with the stock’s consolidated last price rising by $0.34, or 0.91%, to $37.78. The Napco Security Technologies Inc. has recorded 250,503 volume in the after hours trading session. Recently, Yahoo Finance discussed the stock, revealing that NAPCO Security Technologies To Present at the 18th Annual Needham Technology & Media Conference.
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Napco Security Technologies Inc. is listed on the NASDAQ in the Industrials sector while operating in the Security & Protection Services industry. At the end of the last regular session, the stock closed at $37.44 and fluctuated between $38.70 as its day high and $37.02 as its day low. The current market capitalization of Napco Security Technologies Inc. is $1.36B. A total of 0.43 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 511.40K shares.
Insider Activity
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, NSSC 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 19 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 48,700 shares during that period but sold 3,760,403.
In the most recent transaction, SOLOWAY RICHARD sold 287,500 shares of NSSC for 31.50 per share on Feb 15. After the transaction, the President, CEO and Secretary now owns 3,696,010 company shares. In a previous transaction on Feb 15, BUCHEL KEVIN S sold 12,500 shares at 31.50 per share. NSSC shares that Executive Vice President owns now total 99,829.
Among the insiders who sold shares, SOLOWAY RICHARD disposed of 2,012,500 shares on Feb 13 at a per-share price of $31.50. This resulted in the President, CEO and Secretary holding 3,983,510 shares of NSSC after the transaction. In another insider transaction, BUCHEL KEVIN S sold 87,500 shares at $31.50 per share on Feb 13. Company shares held by the Executive Vice President now total 112,329.
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. Napco Security Technologies Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.25, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.67%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 41.69. NSSC’s most recent ex-dividend date was 5/19/2023 when it declared a $0.0625 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 6/12/2023.
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 NSSC in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $39.25 with high estimates of $40.00 and low estimates of $38.00. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, NSSC has a high of $39.22 and a low of $16.01.
As of this writing, NSSC has an earnings estimate of $0.27 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 5 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.28 per share and a lower estimate of $0.26. The company reported an EPS of $0.23 in the last quarter, which was 64.30% higher than expectations of $0.14.
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. NSSC’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $46.80M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2022. There were $7.07M in debt and $26.49M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $3.82, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $113.79M.
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, 0 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 NSSC is Buy with a score of 4.80.
