With 0.2 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.17 million shares. During the session, the Agricultural Inputs company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $29.95 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $28.82. The 52-week range on IPI shows that it touched its highest point at $31.29 and its lowest point at $19.01 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $19.00. IPI paid its most recent dividend on 1355356800, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1355356800. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.78.
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 IPI was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 11.42%, but this was down by -0.34% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 8.75% while six-month performance rose 23.32%. The stock gained 52.73% in the past year, while it has gained 32.66% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for IPI yields -16.49 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.40. For the next quarter, that number is -0.05. This implies an EPS growth rate of 55.92% for this year and -201.13% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 12.91 million IPI shares are outstanding with a float of 10.51 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-31, short shares totaled 0.25 million, which was 186.0 higher than short shares on 1740700800. In addition to Mr. Matthew D. Preston as the firm’s Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Christina C. Sheehan serves as its General Counsel & Corporate Secretary.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.54728 of IPI’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 2024-12-31, IPI reported revenue of $55803000.0 and operating income of -$2749000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $4983000.0 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 IPI since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 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 IPI analysts setting a high price target of 19.0 and a low target of 19.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 19.0. Based on these targets, IPI could drop -34.66% to reach the target high and fall by -34.66% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a decline of -34.66% 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 -$0.21314 being high and -$0.22334 being low. For IPI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.21824. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.03 and the low estimate is -$0.03. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.03.
