Investors Are Waking Up To Novagold Resources Inc. (AMEX: NG) After Losing -47.95% Over The Past 12 Months

Novagold Resources Inc. (AMEX:NG) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.52M but it saw 1811751 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 1.06B USD, the company’s current market price of $3.18 came rising about 1.27 while comparing to the previous closing price of $3.14. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $6.51 and as low as $2.22.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Novagold Resources Inc. (NG) gives us an average price of $2.93, while its current price level is -51.15% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 42.92% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $2.64 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $3.59. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 4.66% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 5.92%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 59.98 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

B. Riley FBR Inc. also issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $7.

Over the week, NG’s stock price is moving 4.61% up while it is 28.23% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -14.97% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -47.95%.

The latest quarterly earnings report issued by the company was for quarter ended 2/28/2024, when its quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of -$0.03 beaten by the consensus estimate of -$0.02 for the same. For NG, analysts are forecasting an EPS-growth rate of 35.70% for current year and estimate for EPS growth in next year is 22.20%.

Currently, Novagold Resources Inc.’s total number of outstanding shares is 334.25M with 26.44% of that held by the insiders while 58.76% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -128.95% and return on equity (ROE) at -1791.48%. Stock’s beta reads 1.06. Its return on asset (ROA) is -33.40% on average.