Opera at al- time-highs driven by AI. New analyst rating and dividend plan 📈

Norway's Opera (OPRA.US) is a company that offers web browsers for PCs and mobile devices. Its shares have risen nearly 600% since the bottom in October and 250% since the beginning of the year because it has entered into a promising partnership with OpenAI. The company has decided to pay a dividend every six months, with the first payment set at $0.40 per share, ex-date June 30. Lake Street analysts raised their recommendation for the company to $22 per share and reiterated a 'Buy' rating.

• Lake Street expects the current year to be a record year in terms of growth and further creative ways to monetize its business to generate shareholder value;
• In partnership with OpenAI, the company is providing the free AI browser 'Aria', which is currently available in 180 countries - for both Windows and Mac and Android systems. With 'Aria' built-in, Opera users get easier access to generative AI tools for free;
• The company hopes to see wider adoption of its proprietary browser and curb Google's dominance of the market. The stock market valuation indicates great optimism among investors around the company's future;
• Its features include 'Ai Prompts' and sidebar access to ChatGPT. The company is particularly hoping for adoption in Africa, where it has about 100 million regular users.
• The company's revenue per user has increased by 100% over the past 2 years, and free cash flow has also doubled on an annual basis. The company has a very low debt-to-asset ratio. Q1 revenue was $87 million vs. $85 million forecast by Wall Street.

Short interest ratio on Opera shares is still relatively low despite shares rally. Source: Bloomberg

Opera (OPRA.US) shares, D1 interval. The main support level in case of a correction is at $17 per share where we see the 23.6 abolition of the upward wave from the fall of 2022. Source: xStation5