Traders Buy High Volume of Atomera Call Options (NASDAQ:ATOM)

Atomera Incorporated (NASDAQ:ATOM) saw unusually large options trading on Wednesday. Stock traders purchased 6,286 call options on the stock. This represents an increase of approximately 284% compared to the typical daily volume of 1,638 call options.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of ATOM. Sargent Investment Group LLC lifted its stake in Atomera by 200.4% in the fourth quarter. Sargent Investment Group LLC now owns 279,185 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $2,945,000 after buying an additional 186,240 shares during the last quarter. Avenir Corp grew its holdings in Atomera by 32.2% during the fourth quarter. Avenir Corp now owns 516,525 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $5,992,000 after acquiring an additional 125,874 shares during the period. Quantum Private Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of Atomera by 22.2% in the 4th quarter. Quantum Private Wealth LLC now owns 356,721 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $4,138,000 after purchasing an additional 64,700 shares in the last quarter. EAM Investors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Atomera during the 4th quarter valued at $710,000. Finally, Hilltop Holdings Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Atomera by 38.4% during the third quarter. Hilltop Holdings Inc. now owns 122,990 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $323,000 after purchasing an additional 34,100 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 30.79% of the company’s stock.

Atomera Trading Up 25.0 %

Shares of ATOM stock opened at $6.65 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 5.25, a current ratio of 5.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The stock has a market cap of $191.39 million, a P/E ratio of -9.50 and a beta of 1.38. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $9.83 and a 200-day simple moving average of $5.82. Atomera has a fifty-two week low of $2.31 and a fifty-two week high of $17.55.

Atomera (NASDAQ:ATOM) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 11th. The technology company reported ($0.16) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.14) by ($0.02). Atomera had a negative net margin of 2,773.11% and a negative return on equity of 104.98%.

Atomera Company Profile

Atomera Incorporated engages in the developing, commercializing, and licensing proprietary processes and technologies for the semiconductor industry in North America and the Asia Pacific. The company's lead technology is the Mears Silicon Technology, a thin film of reengineered silicon that can be applied as a transistor channel enhancement to CMOS-type transistors.