Coinbase (COIN) Stock Price Target Raised to $345.00 by Citigroup

Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN)'s share price rose 2.6% during mid-day trading on Friday. The company traded as high as $288.78 and last traded at $286.07.

Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) shares rose sharply on Friday after several upbeat analyst notes on the cryptocurrency exchange.

Coinbase Global stock price rose 2.6% during mid-day trading on Friday. The company traded as high as $288.78 and last traded at $286.07. Approximately 5,130,605 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 53% from the average daily volume of 10,914,453 shares. The stock had previously closed at $278.84.

Coinbase Global price performance

Coinbase stock has a market capitalization of $73.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 48.82 and a beta of 3.34. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 1.03 and a quick ratio of 1.03. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $195.55 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $211.23.

Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The cryptocurrency exchange reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.41 by ($0.13). Coinbase Global had a return on equity of 14.81% and a net margin of 29.76%. The firm had revenue of $1.21 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.26 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.01) EPS. The company's revenue was up 78.8% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities analysts expect that Coinbase Global, Inc. will post 4.27 EPS for the current fiscal year.

What did Wall Street say about Coinbase Global?

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on COIN shares. In a research note on Thursday, October 31st, Needham & Company LLC raised their price objective on shares of Coinbase Global from $260.00 to $290.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating.

In a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd, B. Riley began covering shares of Coinbase Global. They gave the business a "neutral" rating and a $185.00 target price.

In a research note on Wednesday, October 9th, JMP Securities reaffirmed a "market outperform" rating and issued a $320.00 price target on shares of Coinbase Global.

Canaccord Genuity Group reissued a "buy" rating and set a $280.00 price objective on shares of Coinbase Global in a research note on Thursday, October 31st.

Finally, Citigroup raised Coinbase Global from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and raised their target price for the company from $260.00 to $345.00 in a report on Tuesday, July 23rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $246.28.

Coinbase Global had a poor start to the year, but the cryptocurrency exchange has since recovered and is now up over 120% year to date. The business has benefited from the recent increase in interest in cryptocurrencies, which has been fueled by factors including the debut of new ETFs and the continuing halving of bitcoin.