Should You Sell Ecopetrol SA ADR (EC) And Go Away This Year?

Ecopetrol SA ADR (NYSE:EC) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.12M but it saw 1369389 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 21.26B USD, the company’s current market price of $10.34 came rising about 2.27 while comparing to the previous closing price of $10.11. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $12.78 and as low as $9.35. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $10.12 while lowest mark touched by it was $10.349.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Ecopetrol SA ADR (EC) gives us an average price of $10.59, while its current price level is -19.12% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 10.65% 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 $11.26 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $11.72. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.38% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.27%. 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 41.96 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 -0.77% down while it is -7.18% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -12.08% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -6.95%.

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 5.01 while having a 5.28 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.22. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.19 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.66. Its return on asset (ROA) is 5.99% on average.