Is Tripadvisor Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIP) No Longer A Good Investment?

After Hours

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. After-hours trades for Tripadvisor Inc. (TRIP) shows that investor sentiment remained broken, with the stock’s consolidated last price falling by -$0.05, or -0.32%, to $15.72. The Tripadvisor Inc. has recorded 24,430 volume in the after hours trading session. Most recently, Yahoo Finance reported about the stock as it publicized that Tripadvisor’s Fall Finds: City Breaks and Solo Trips Hot This Season.

Stocks Info

TRIP belongs to the Consumer Cyclical sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Travel Services industry. At the end of the last regular session, the stock closed at $15.77 and fluctuated between $15.78 as its day high and $15.44 as its day low. The current market capitalization of Tripadvisor Inc. is $2.15B. A total of 1.93 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 2.38M shares.

Investors also take into account insider trades in predicting how the stock will perform in the future. During the recent three months, TRIP has seen 5 BUY and 5 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 77,093 and the disposition of 32,285 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 32 BUYs and 27 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 304,784 shares during that period but sold 94,426.

In the most recent transaction, Kalvert Seth J sold 25,944 shares of TRIP for 26.91 per share on Feb 15. After the transaction, the Chief Legal Officer & Sec. now owns 40,316 company shares.

Dividend

Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. TRIP’s most recent ex-dividend date was 11/19/2019 when it declared a $3.50 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 12/4/2019.

While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for TRIP in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $18.12 with high estimates of $28.00 and low estimates of $14.00. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, TRIP has a high of $27.30 and a low of $14.39.

As of this writing, TRIP has an earnings estimate of $0.47 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 13 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.56 per share and a lower estimate of $0.36. The company reported an EPS of $0.05 in the last quarter, which was -28.60% lower than expectations of $0.07.

Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly

An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. TRIP’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $723.00M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $927.00M in debt and $357.00M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $5.58, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $789.00M.

Analysts Opinion

There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. 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 TRIP is Buy with a score of 2.92.