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Penguin Solutions (NASDAQ:PENG) Hits New 12-Month High Following Analyst Upgrade

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Penguin Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PENG - Get Free Report)'s stock price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Thursday after JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on the stock from $18.00 to $21.00. JPMorgan Chase & Co. currently has a neutral rating on the stock. Penguin Solutions traded as high as $23.59 and last traded at $23.43, with a volume of 4210723 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $21.19.

PENG has been the topic of several other reports. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on shares of Penguin Solutions from $22.50 to $25.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a "buy" rating and set a $27.00 target price on shares of Penguin Solutions in a research report on Thursday, July 3rd. JMP Securities reaffirmed a "market outperform" rating and issued a $26.00 price target on shares of Penguin Solutions in a report on Wednesday. Wall Street Zen upgraded Penguin Solutions from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 22nd. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a "buy" rating and set a $27.00 price objective on shares of Penguin Solutions in a research report on Wednesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $25.75.

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Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in PENG. Vanguard Group Inc. bought a new position in Penguin Solutions during the 1st quarter valued at about $111,458,000. Alliancebernstein L.P. bought a new position in shares of Penguin Solutions in the first quarter valued at approximately $28,919,000. Paradigm Capital Management Inc. NY bought a new stake in Penguin Solutions during the 1st quarter worth approximately $19,545,000. Think Investments LP acquired a new stake in Penguin Solutions during the 1st quarter valued at $15,713,000. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. acquired a new position in Penguin Solutions in the first quarter worth $14,786,000.

Penguin Solutions Trading Up 10.6%

The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $19.22 and a 200 day simple moving average of $18.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04, a current ratio of 2.63 and a quick ratio of 2.21. The company has a market cap of $1.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -83.68 and a beta of 1.98.

Penguin Solutions (NASDAQ:PENG - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July 8th. The company reported $0.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.30 by $0.17. The company had revenue of $324,251 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $330.82 million. Penguin Solutions had a negative net margin of 0.68% and a positive return on equity of 14.12%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Penguin Solutions, Inc. will post 1.05 EPS for the current year.

Penguin Solutions Company Profile

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Penguin Solutions, Inc engages in the designing and development of enterprise solutions worldwide. It operates through three segments: Advanced Computing, Integrated Memory, and Optimized LED. It offers dynamic random access memory modules, solid-state and flash storage, and other advanced integrated memory solutions for networking and telecom, data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning applications; and supply chain services, including procurement, logistics, inventory management, temporary warehousing, programming, kitting, and packaging services.

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