Analyzing Market Sentiment Behind GRAB's Recent Price Surge

Grab surged to $4.92 per share this afternoon, but it remains 7.19% above its mean target price of $4.59. There may still be room for more downwards movement — even after today's 12.3% drop. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Business Services stock on average rating of buy, with target prices ranging from $3.5 to $6.0 per share.

The stock has an average amount of shares sold short at 2.2%, and a short ratio of 2.05. The company's insiders own 24.89% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 55.6% of Grab's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Grab

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-06-30 SB Investment Advisers (UK) LTD 10% 401,796,672 $1,976,839,656
2024-06-30 Morgan Stanley 5% 198,420,745 $976,230,080
2024-06-30 MUFG Bank Ltd 4% 142,913,428 $703,134,076
2024-06-30 Wellington Management Group, LLP 3% 109,642,898 $539,443,066
2024-06-30 Blackrock Inc. 2% 97,168,209 $478,067,595
2024-06-30 Tiger Global Management, LLC 2% 92,923,788 $457,185,044
2024-06-30 Invesco Ltd. 1% 55,344,417 $272,294,535
2024-06-30 Capital Research Global Investors 1% 53,616,621 $263,793,779
2024-06-30 Hanwha Asset Management Co., Ltd. 1% 47,839,997 $235,372,788
2024-09-30 Baillie Gifford and Company 1% 42,762,172 $210,389,889

Besides an analyst consensus of little upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Grab.

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