The stock cost of ContextLogic Inc (NASDAQ:WISH) enhanced by 9.39% today. There are no company-specific report or regulatory filings that appear to be increasing the price so it looks like external elements are at play.
Particularly, the Wish Stock Price Target increases appear to be driven by a broader rally in the supposed “meme stocks.” As well as information from Quiver Quantitative suggests that there has actually been a surge in conversations regarding meme stocks on different social media sites systems. Plus, there has actually been an uptick in out-of-the-money telephone call purchasing for the meme stocks, causing a gamma capture and also driving up the rate.
Various other “meme stocks” that have seen an enter rate today consist of:
GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME)– Up 30.86% today
Bed Bathroom & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBY)– Up 2.26% today
AMC Home Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE: AMC)– Up 15.02% today
Express, Inc. (NYSE: EXPR)– Up 9.73% today
Clover Health Investments Corp (NASDAQ: CLOV)– Up 3.5% today
BlackBerry Ltd (NYSE: BB)– Up 4.91% today
Ocugen Inc (NASDAQ: OCGN)– Up 3.23% today
Koss Corporation (NASDAQ: KOSS)– Up 29.48% today
Sundial Growers Inc (NASDAQ: SNDL)– Up 10.01% today
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Why Is ContextLogic (WISH) Stock Down Today?
If it hadn’t already, it currently appears clear that the meme-stock mania investors saw over a year back is totally over. For financiers in ContextLogic (NASDAQ: WISH) and also WISH stock at the very least, the price activity of late has actually informed that tale.
Wish, a ContextLogic company a worldwide online shopping app.
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After hitting a peak of more than $32 per share earlier in 2015, WISH stock has given that decreased to $1.65 per share at the time of this writing. Today’s descending step of around 6% is just the most recent in an absolute beatdown of this retail investor favorite.
Financiers had previously gotten on ContextLogic as an unique shopping company with the capability to potentially take on some substantial leviathans in the area. Indeed, with an evaluation of only $1.1 billion now, WISH stock had looked like a suitable wager. Taking into consideration exactly how fast various other ecommerce gamers have run, it makes good sense.
Nonetheless, ContextLogic’s business model is a bit different from various other service providers. This company attaches customers with sellers directly, attending to a more seamless purchase process for affordable products. That claimed, as rising cost of living has raged on and inexpensive items have actually been repriced higher (alongside surging delivery expenses), ContextLogic’s company model isn’t as attractive as it once was.
In addition to that, there takes place to be yet one more bearish company-specific catalyst dragging WISH stock down today. So, allow’s dive into what capitalists are viewing with WISH now.
Bearish Expert Belief Driving WISH Stock Lower
Today, analyst Kunal Madhukar at UBS offered a reduced rate target for WISH stock. While UBS did keep its neutral ranking, it reduced its rate target to $2 per share. Previously, the target had stood at $4.
In general, downgrades are never helpful for a given stock. Capitalists of all stripes have a tendency to take notice of analyst ratings for a reason. These experienced experts model out assumptions for an offered company, giving their take on its prospects over the next year. What’s even more, while lots of do consider expert reports to be lagging indicators of market belief as well as cost action, there is integral value in what analysts have to say.
Significantly, this is the 2nd such downgrade from UBS over the past 3 months. There are some buy scores and also impressive rate targets for ContextLogic. Nonetheless, on the whole, experts appear to be taking a bearish view of WISH now. Accordingly, till this sentiment shifts, the market shows up to siding with them.