Azenta, Inc. (AZTA) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup
Healthcare · Medical Instruments & Supplies
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $25.84: Quality below floor (3.4 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.6/10. Specifically: High short interest: 21%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend.
Azenta, Inc. provides biological and chemical compound sample exploration and management solutions for the life sciences industry in the United States, China, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through Sample Management... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $25.84: Quality below floor (3.4 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.6/10. Specifically: High short interest: 21%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 73. Score 4.6/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 31d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: aggressive.
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4 floor-breakers
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Unprofitable operations — net margin -29.1%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $25.84: Quality below floor (3.4 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.6/10. Specifically: High short interest: 21%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 73. Prior stop was $24.03. Score 4.6/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $26.51 (+2.6% upside). Prior stop was $24.03. Stop-loss: $24.03.
Target reached (-11.8% upside); Quality below floor (3.4 < 4.0); Value-trap signals (2/5): Margin compression (op margin -50.8%), Material insider selling (6 sells, 0.21% of cap).
Azenta, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 42.1). TrendMatrix value score: 4.9/10. Verdict: Sell.
13 analysts cover AZTA with a consensus score of 3.9/5. Average price target: $26.
What does Azenta, Inc. do?Azenta, Inc. provides biological and chemical compound sample exploration and management solutions for the life...
Azenta, Inc. provides biological and chemical compound sample exploration and management solutions for the life sciences industry in the United States, China, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through Sample Management Solutions and Multiomics segments. The Sample Management Solutions segment provides sample management products and services, including automated stores, cryogenic systems, automated sample tubes, consumables and instruments, and controlled rate thawing devices, as well as sample repository services. This segment also offers consultation services to clients throughout their experimental design and implementation processes. The Multiomics segment provides genomic and other sample analysis services comprising gene sequencing, gene synthesis, and related services. The company has a strategic partnership with Frontier Space Ltd to conduct scientific experiments in space. The company was formerly known as Brooks Automation, Inc. and changed its name to Azenta, Inc. in December 2021. Azenta, Inc. was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.