Analyzing the Basics of DraftKings Stock

By Harris Dyer • Friday, December 13 15:12 • Permanent Link

One of the losers of today's trading session was DraftKings. Shares of the Leisure company plunged -4.9%, and some investors may be wondering if its price of $39.45 would make a good entry point. Here's what you should know if you are considering this investment:

DraftKings has moved 17.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 28.2%
DKNG has an average analyst rating of buy and is -22.89% away from its mean target price of $51.16 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $-0.87
DraftKings has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of -45.3 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $0.57 and its forward P/E ratio is 69.2
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 17.86 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
DraftKings is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.6 and an average P/B of 3.19
The company has a free cash flow of $453.89 Million, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
DraftKings Inc. operates as a digital sports entertainment and gaming company in the United States and internationally. It provides online sports betting and casino, daily fantasy sports, media, and other consumer products, as well as retails sportsbooks. The company also engages in the design and development of sports betting and casino gaming software for online and retail sportsbooks, and iGaming operators. In addition, it offers DraftKings marketplace, a digital collectibles ecosystem designed for mainstream accessibility that offers curated NFT drops and supports secondary-market transactions. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

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