What Is Adesto Technologies Corporation’s (NASDAQ:IOTS) Share Price Doing?

Adesto Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:IOTS), a semiconductors and semiconductor equipment company based in United States, received a lot of attention from a substantial price movement on the NasdaqCM in the over the last few months, increasing to $8.5 at one point, and dropping to the lows of $6.5. This high level of volatility gives investors the opportunity to enter into the stock, and potentially buy at an artificially low price. A question to answer is whether Adesto Technologies’s current trading price of $6.8 reflective of the actual value of the small-cap? Or is it currently undervalued, providing us with the opportunity to buy? Let’s take a look at Adesto Technologies’s outlook and value based on the most recent financial data to see if there are any catalysts for a price change. Check out our latest analysis for Adesto Technologies

Is Adesto Technologies still cheap?

According to my relative valuation model, the stock is currently overvalued. In this instance, I’ve used price-to-book ratio (PB) ratio given that there is not enough information to reliably forecast the stock’s cash flows, and its earnings doesn’t seem to reflect its true value. I find that Adesto Technologies’s ratio of 4.4x is above its peer average of 1.7x, which suggests the stock is overvalued compared to the semiconductors and semiconductor equipment industry. If you like the stock, you may want to keep an eye out for a potential price decline in the future. Given that Adesto Technologies’s share is fairly volatile (i.e. its price movements are magnified relative to the rest of the market) this could mean the price can sink lower, giving us another chance to buy in the future. This is based on its high beta, which is a good indicator for share price volatility.

Can we expect growth from Adesto Technologies?

NasdaqCM:IOTS Future Profit Dec 20th 17
NasdaqCM:IOTS Future Profit Dec 20th 17

Future outlook is an important aspect when you’re looking at buying a stock, especially if you are an investor looking for growth in your portfolio. Buying a great company with a robust outlook at a cheap price is always a good investment, so let’s also take a look at the company’s future expectations. With profit expected to grow by 63.11% over the next year, the near-term future seems bright for Adesto Technologies. It looks like higher cash flows is on the cards for the stock, which should feed into a higher share valuation.

What this means for you:

Are you a shareholder? It seems like the market has well and truly priced in Adesto Technologies’s positive outlook, with shares trading above its fair value. At this current price, shareholders may be asking a different question – should I sell? If you believe Adesto Technologies should trade below its current price, selling high and buying it back up again when its price falls towards its real value can be profitable. But before you make this decision, take a look at whether its fundamentals have changed.

Are you a potential investor? If you’ve been keeping an eye on Adesto Technologies for a while, now may not be the best time to enter into the stock. The price has surpassed its industry peers, which means it is likely that there is no more upside from mispricing. However, the positive outlook is encouraging for Adesto Technologies, which means it’s worth diving deeper into other factors in order to take advantage of the next price drop.

Price is just the tip of the iceberg. Dig deeper into what truly matters – the fundamentals – before you make a decision on Adesto Technologies. You can find everything you need to know about Adesto Technologies in the latest infographic research report. If you are no longer interested in Adesto Technologies, you can use our free platform to see my list of over 50 other stocks with a high growth potential.


To help readers see pass the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price sensitive company announcements.

The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned.

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