Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima ADR (LOMA): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima ADR (NYSE:LOMA) currently has a daily average trading volume of 514.14K but it saw 822598 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 891.62M USD, the company’s current market price of $7.48 came falling about -0.13 while comparing to the previous closing price of $7.49. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $7.87 and as low as $5.64.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima ADR (LOMA) gives us an average price of $7.16, while its current price level is -4.96% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 32.62% 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 $6.99 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $6.58. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.84% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 4.01%. 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 59.27 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

UBS downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Sell” from “Neutral” on April 04, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $6-$5. Morgan Stanley also issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock is $6.

Over the week, LOMA’s stock price is moving 5.65% up while it is -0.53% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 5.50% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 25.46%.

Currently, Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 119.20M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 8.06% and return on equity (ROE) at 7.98%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 21.51 while having a 5.13 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.45. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.40 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.78. Its return on asset (ROA) is 4.17% on average.