NASDAQ:HABT - Habit Restaurants Stock Price, Forecast & News

Habit Restaurants' stock was trading at $13.96 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HABT stock has increased by 0.1% and is now trading at $13.98. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Habit Restaurants in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Habit Restaurants.

Habit Restaurants Inc (NASDAQ:HABT) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 30th. The restaurant operator reported $0.06 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.01 by $0.05. The restaurant operator earned $117.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $116.19 million. Habit Restaurants had a return on equity of 2.37% and a net margin of 0.75%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 12.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.05 earnings per share. View Habit Restaurants' earnings history.

4 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Habit Restaurants' shares. Their forecasts range from $14.00 to $17.00. On average, they expect Habit Restaurants' share price to reach $15.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Habit Restaurants.

News coverage about HABT stock has been trending very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Habit Restaurants earned a daily sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the restaurant operator a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutHabit Restaurants.

Habit Restaurants saw a decrease in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 1,860,000 shares, a decrease of 9.3% from the February 13th total of 2,050,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 621,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days. Approximately 9.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Habit Restaurants' Current Options Chain.

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(HABT) raised $75 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, November 20th 2014. The company issued 5,000,000 shares at a price of $14.00-$16.00 per share. Piper Jaffray, Baird, Wells Fargo Securities and Raymond James acted as the underwriters for the IPO and Stephens and Stifel were co-managers.

Habit Restaurants trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HABT."

Habit Restaurants' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Renaissance Technologies LLC (6.18%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (3.94%), Lucia Wealth Services LLC (2.46%), Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC (2.29%), Penn Capital Management Co. Inc. (2.26%) and Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. (1.44%). Company insiders that own Habit Restaurants stock include Anthony Serritella, Ira L Zecher and Peter Whitwell. View institutional ownership trends for Habit Restaurants.

HABT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marshall Wace LLP, Jefferies Group LLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Penn Capital Management Co. Inc., Panagora Asset Management Inc., and Renaissance Technologies LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Habit Restaurants.

HABT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including William Blair Investment Management LLC, Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Crown Advisors Management Inc., Driehaus Capital Management LLC, Lucia Wealth Services LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., and Bank of Montreal Can. View insider buying and selling activity for Habit Restaurants.

Shares of HABT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of HABT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.98.

Habit Restaurants has a market capitalization of $365.02 million and generates $466.06 million in revenue each year. The restaurant operator earns $2.78 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.17 on an earnings per share basis. Habit Restaurants employs 6,093 workers across the globe. View additional information about Habit Restaurants.

The official website for Habit Restaurants is http://www.habitburger.com/.

Habit Restaurants' mailing address is 17320 REDHILL AVENUE SUITE 140, IRVINE CA, 92614. The restaurant operator can be reached via phone at 949-851-8881.