Valens

Company Profile

Valens had its IPO on 2021-10-01 under the ticker symbol VLN.

The company operates in the Technology sector and Semiconductors industry. Valens has a staff strength of 313 employees.

Stock update

Shares of Valens opened at $2.49 at the start of the last trading session i.e. 2023-09-12.

The stocks traded within a range of $2.48 - $2.52, and closed at $2.5.

This is a -1.19% slip from the previous day's closing price.

A total volume of 225,011 shares were traded at the close of the day’s session.

In the last one week, shares of Valens have slipped by -1.57%.

Valens's Key Ratios

Valens has a market cap of $258.68 million, indicating a price to book ratio of 2.7915 and a price to sales ratio of 5.2103.

In the last 12-months Valens’s revenue was $94.67 million with a gross profit of $63.39 million and an EBITDA of $-23978000. The EBITDA ratio measures Valens's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure its profitability.

In the trailing 12-month period, Valens’s operating margin was -26.92% while its return on assets stood at -8.37% with a return of equity of -13.3%.

In Q2, Valens’s quarterly earnings growth was a positive 0% while revenue growth was a positive 7.5%.

Valens’s PE and PEG Ratio

Forward PE

0

Trailing PE

0

PEG

Its diluted EPS in the last 12-months stands at $-0.23 per share while it has a forward price to earnings multiple of 0 and a PEG multiple of . A low price to earnings ratio can mean the stock is attractively valued while a high ratio suggests the stock may be overvalued.

The PEG on the other hand provides a broader view compared to the P/E ratio and gives greater insight into Valens’s profitability.

Valens stock is trading at a EV to sales ratio of 3.7397 and a EV to EBITDA ratio of -12.3666. Its price to sales ratio in the trailing 12-months stood at 5.2103.

Valens stock pays annual dividends of $0 per share, indicating a yield of 0% and a payout ratio of 0%.

Balance sheet and cash flow metrics

Total Assets

$184.34 million

Total Liabilities

$16.73 million

Operating Cash Flow

$8.88 million

Capital Expenditure

$777000

Dividend Payout Ratio

0%

Valens ended 2024 with $184.34 million in total assets and $0 in total liabilities. Its intangible assets were valued at $184.34 million while shareholder equity stood at $166.28 million.

Valens ended 2024 with $0 in deferred long-term liabilities, $16.73 million in other current liabilities, 49000.00 in common stock, $-167634000.00 in retained earnings and $0 in goodwill. Its cash balance stood at $21.41 million and cash and short-term investments were $138.04 million. The company’s total short-term debt was $1,857,000 while long-term debt stood at $0.

Valens’s total current assets stands at $177.49 million while long-term investments were $0 and short-term investments were $116.63 million. Its net receivables were $16.06 million compared to accounts payable of $3.90 million and inventory worth $19.02 million.

In 2024, Valens's operating cash flow was $8.88 million while its capital expenditure stood at $777000.

Comparatively, Valens paid $0 in dividends in 2024.

Other key metrics

Current Trading Price

$2.5

52-Week High

$5.99

52-Week Low

$2.225

Analyst Target Price

$6

Valens stock is currently trading at $2.5 per share. It touched a 52-week high of $5.99 and a 52-week low of $5.99. Analysts tracking the stock have a 12-month average target price of $6.

Its 50-day moving average was $2.51 and 200-day moving average was $3.46 The short ratio stood at 0.38 indicating a short percent outstanding of 0%.

Around 1021.1% of the company’s stock are held by insiders while 4613.2% are held by institutions.