Fulton Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: FULT) Recovers 75.31% From 52-Week Low, Is FULT Still A High-Risk, High-Reward Play?

Fulton Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:FULT) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.41M but it saw 2454693 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 2.74B USD, the company’s current market price of $16.90 came rising about 2.11 while comparing to the previous closing price of $16.55. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $17.34 and as low as $9.64.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Fulton Financial Corp. (FULT) gives us an average price of $15.36, while its current price level is -2.54% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 75.31% 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 $15.36 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $14.47. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.61% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.98%. 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 70.07 which implies that the stock is in overbought territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Janney which upgraded the stock as “Buy” in its note to investors issued on April 29, 2024, recommending a price target of $19.50 for it. Stephens downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Equal-Weight” from “Overweight” on December 14, 2023 while assigning a price target range of $14-$16. Janney issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $19.50.

Over the week, FULT’s stock price is moving 8.89% up while it is 10.24% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 2.67% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 43.34%.

The latest quarterly earnings report issued by the company reported quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of 0.46 beat the consensus estimate of 0.42 for the same. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $263.62M as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $997.47M and seeing the company making $1.04B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $248.65M for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Fulton Financial Corp.’s total number of outstanding shares is 163.80M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 5.30% and return on equity (ROE) at 10.34%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 10.48 while having a 9.53 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.79. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.99 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.76. Its return on asset (ROA) is 1.02% on average.