Ecopetrol SA ADR (NYSE: EC) Emerges As Guiding Light For Investors

Ecopetrol SA ADR (NYSE:EC) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.03M but it saw 1766393 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 21.42B USD, the company’s current market price of $10.42 came falling about -2.80 while comparing to the previous closing price of $10.72. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $12.78 and as low as $10.15.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Ecopetrol SA ADR (EC) gives us an average price of $10.88, while its current price level is -18.49% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 2.63% 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 $11.46 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $11.78. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.41% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 1.79%. 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 33.15 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Morgan Stanley downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Underweight” from “Equal-Weight” on March 04, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $11-$8.50. Jefferies issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $11.20.

Over the week, EC’s stock price is moving -2.43% down while it is -6.46% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -11.40% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -5.17%.

Currently, Ecopetrol SA ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 2.06B. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 10.08% and return on equity (ROE) at 25.33%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 5.05 while having a 5.18 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.25. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.20 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.66. Its return on asset (ROA) is 5.99% on average.