Investors Buy High Volume of Put Options on MongoDB (NASDAQ:MDB) – Defense World

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MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDBGet Free Report) was the target of unusually large options trading on Wednesday. Investors purchased 23,831 put options on the stock. This represents an increase of approximately 2,157% compared to the average daily volume of 1,056 put options.

MongoDB Price Performance

Shares of MDB stock opened at $393.15 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $28.38 billion, a P/E ratio of -148.92 and a beta of 1.23. MongoDB has a fifty-two week low of $179.52 and a fifty-two week high of $442.84. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $394.98 and its 200-day moving average price is $380.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 4.74 and a current ratio of 4.74.

MongoDB (NASDAQ:MDBGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, December 5th. The company reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by $0.45. The company had revenue of $432.94 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $406.33 million. MongoDB had a negative return on equity of 20.64% and a negative net margin of 11.70%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 29.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted ($1.23) EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that MongoDB will post -1.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

MDB has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Piper Sandler upped their price objective on MongoDB from $425.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 6th. Capital One Financial upgraded MongoDB from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $427.00 price target for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 8th. Bank of America started coverage on MongoDB in a research note on Thursday, October 12th. They set a “buy” rating and a $450.00 price target for the company. Mizuho increased their price target on MongoDB from $330.00 to $420.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 6th. Finally, UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $410.00 price target (down previously from $475.00) on shares of MongoDB in a research note on Thursday, January 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and twenty-one have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, MongoDB currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $430.41.

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Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Dev Ittycheria sold 100,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $375.00, for a total transaction of $37,687,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 214,177 shares in the company, valued at $80,316,375. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. In related news, CEO Dev Ittycheria sold 100,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $375.00, for a total transaction of $37,687,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 214,177 shares in the company, valued at $80,316,375. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, Director Dwight A. Merriman sold 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $345.21, for a total value of $345,210.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 533,896 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $184,306,238.16. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 147,029 shares of company stock worth $56,304,511. 4.80% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Simplicity Solutions LLC grew its holdings in shares of MongoDB by 2.2% in the second quarter. Simplicity Solutions LLC now owns 1,169 shares of the company’s stock worth $480,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the period. AJ Wealth Strategies LLC grew its holdings in shares of MongoDB by 1.2% in the second quarter. AJ Wealth Strategies LLC now owns 2,390 shares of the company’s stock worth $982,000 after acquiring an additional 28 shares during the period. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of MongoDB by 2.9% in the third quarter. Insigneo Advisory Services LLC now owns 1,070 shares of the company’s stock worth $370,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. grew its holdings in shares of MongoDB by 1.4% in the second quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 2,239 shares of the company’s stock worth $920,000 after acquiring an additional 32 shares during the period. Finally, Veritable L.P. grew its holdings in shares of MongoDB by 1.4% in the second quarter. Veritable L.P. now owns 2,321 shares of the company’s stock worth $954,000 after acquiring an additional 33 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 88.89% of the company’s stock.

About MongoDB

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MongoDB, Inc provides general purpose database platform worldwide. The company offers MongoDB Atlas, a hosted multi-cloud database-as-a-service solution; MongoDB Enterprise Advanced, a commercial database server for enterprise customers to run in the cloud, on-premise, or in a hybrid environment; and Community Server, a free-to-download version of its database, which includes the functionality that developers need to get started with MongoDB.

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