Permian Resources Corp (NYSE: PR) Gets A 30.43% Target Price Upside From Analysts While 23.77% Above Its 52-Week Low

Permian Resources Corp (NYSE:PR) does about 12.02M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 8609587 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 10.25B USD. Its current market price is $14.61, marking an increase of 0.55% compared to the previous close of $14.53. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $18.12 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $11.80. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $24 and a low of $5.

Permian Resources Corp (PR) has a 20-day trading average at $15.22 and the current price is -19.39% off the 52-week high compared with 23.77% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $15.57 and its 200-day simple moving average is $15.13. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 4.99%, which decreases to 3.53% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 42.97 to suggest the stock is neutral.

The consensus objective for the share price is $20.39, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 28.35% over the period. The median price target is 30.43% away from the current levels at $21.

9 analysts have rated it as a buy and 1 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Buy and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Strong Buy the stock.

BMO Capital Markets upgraded the stock to “Outperform” from Market Perform on July 03, 2024 at a price target of $21. BofA Securities resumed its price target at $20.

Permian Resources Corp (PR) stock is up 5.72% over the week and -11.83% over the past month. Its price is 9.03% year-to-date and 21.80% over the past year.

Its 12-month price target is $21. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 28.35 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $5, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $24.

The company has a return on investment of 5.57% and return on equity of 11.76%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 11.72 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 7.96. The beta has a value of 4.33. Price to book ratio is 1.18 and price to sales ratio is 2.35.