Rosenblatt Securities Cuts Canaan (NASDAQ:CAN) Price Target to $0.75

Canaan (NASDAQ:CAN) had its price objective dropped by equities researchers at Rosenblatt Securities from $1.30 to $0.75 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, Benzinga reports. The firm presently has a “buy” rating on the stock. Rosenblatt Securities’ target price would indicate a potential upside of 132.05% from the company’s previous close.

CAN has been the subject of several other reports. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and set a $3.00 price objective on shares of Canaan in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Canaan in a research report on Friday, August 14th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $1.92.

Canaan Stock Performance

Shares of CAN stock opened at $0.32 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $231.48 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -0.95 and a beta of 2.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a quick ratio of 2.04 and a current ratio of 3.34. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $0.28 and a 200 day simple moving average of $0.39. Canaan has a 52 week low of $0.15 and a 52 week high of $2.22.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Canaan

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Canaan by 52.0% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 587,451 shares of the company’s stock valued at $516,000 after purchasing an additional 200,869 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC bought a new position in shares of Canaan during the first quarter worth approximately $43,000. Finally, Virtu Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Canaan in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $46,000. 70.14% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Canaan

Canaan Inc is a China-based technology company specializing in the design and manufacture of high-performance computing hardware for the digital currency and blockchain industry. The company’s core business revolves around application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miners, which are purpose-built machines optimized for cryptocurrency mining. By focusing on energy efficiency and processing power, Canaan’s mining rigs aim to deliver competitive hash rates while managing power consumption in large-scale operations.

The flagship product line, known as AvalonMiner, encompasses a range of models tailored to different scales of mining activity, from small-scale hobbyist setups to industrial farms.