Rakuten (OTCMKTS:RKUNY) Shares Gap Up – Time to Buy?

Shares of Rakuten, Inc. (OTCMKTS:RKUNY) gapped up before the market opened on Tuesday . The stock had previously closed at $4.8150, but opened at $5.07. Rakuten shares last traded at $5.07, with a volume of 142 shares traded.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Zacks Research upgraded shares of Rakuten from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, April 27th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy”.

Rakuten Price Performance

The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $4.76 and its 200 day simple moving average is $5.12. The company has a market cap of $11.36 billion, a PE ratio of -14.07 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.43, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a current ratio of 1.15.

Rakuten (OTCMKTS:RKUNY) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.05) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.12) by $0.07. The business had revenue of $4.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.92 billion. Rakuten had a negative return on equity of 10.02% and a negative net margin of 4.83%.

About Rakuten

Rakuten, Inc is a diversified internet services company based in Tokyo, Japan, and founded in 1997 by Hiroshi Mikitani, who continues to serve as chairman and chief executive officer. Originally established as an online marketplace, Rakuten has expanded its reach to become a global technology group offering a wide range of digital services and consumer-facing platforms. The company is listed in Japan but its American depositary receipts trade over the counter under the symbol RKUNY.

At the core of Rakuten’s business is its e-commerce marketplace, Rakuten Ichiba, which hosts millions of merchants and serves tens of millions of customers across Japan and other key markets.