With 2.87 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.46 million shares. During the session, the Utilities – Regulated Gas company that operates in wider Utilities sector, reached to the highest price of $30.94 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $30.52. The 52-week range on UGI shows that it touched its highest point at $31.05 and its lowest point at $22.01 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $34.00. With its current market cap of 6.60 billion, UGI has annualized dividend of $1.50 while the current yield stands at 4.88%. UGI paid its most recent dividend on 1734307200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1734307200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.23.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of UGI was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.35%, but this was up by 9.13% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 25.38% while six-month performance rose 24.01%. The stock gained 36.76% in the past year, while it has gained 8.86% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for UGI yields 1.24 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.04. For the next quarter, that number is 1.09. This implies an EPS growth rate of -3.78% for this year and 3.16% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 1.11% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -2.45%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 214.69 million UGI shares are outstanding with a float of 214.45 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-10-31, short shares totaled 7.3 million, which was 340.00000000000006 higher than short shares on 1727654400. In addition to Mr. Robert F. Beard Jr. as the firm’s Chief Operations Officer, Mr. John Koerwer serves as its Chief Information Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.86647004 of UGI’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-06-30, UGI reported revenue of $1242000000.0 and operating income of $-98000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $72000000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for UGI since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With UGI analysts setting a high price target of 38.0 and a low target of 30.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 34.0. Based on these targets, UGI could surge 23.66% to reach the target high and fall by -2.38% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 10.64% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $3.19874 being high and $2.65311 being low. For UGI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.94. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.88 and the low estimate is $1.72. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.82.
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