What Our Analysts Know About Coupang

By Scott Lee • Sunday, May 12 15:10 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Consumer Discretionary company Coupang has moved 2.2% so far today on a volume of 11,120,352, compared to its average of 15,567,800. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved 0.0%.

Coupang trades -10.43% away from its average analyst target price of $25.12 per share. The 16 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $18.0 to $32.0, and on average have given Coupang a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in CPNG, you'll want to know the following:

Coupang's current price is 263.5% above its Graham number of $6.19, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Coupang has moved 36.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 26.3%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 0.7, Coupang has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 32.1 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
CPNG has a forward P/E ratio of 36.9 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $0.61 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 0.86 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Coupang is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 9.9 compared to its sector average of 4.24
Coupang, Inc., together with its subsidiaries owns and operates retail business through its mobile applications and Internet websites primarily in South Korea.
Based in Seattle, the company has 78,000 full time employees and a market cap of $40.23 Billion.

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