Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. (NYSE: HG) Recovers 58.36% From 52-Week Low, Is HG Still A High-Risk, High-Reward Play?

Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. (NYSE:HG) currently has a daily average trading volume of 488.49K but it saw 949580 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 2.09B USD, the company’s current market price of $19.70 came rising about 1.55 while comparing to the previous closing price of $19.40. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $20.01 and as low as $12.44. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $19.42 while lowest mark touched by it was $19.72.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. (HG) gives us an average price of $18.22, while its current price level is -1.55% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 58.36% 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 $17.15 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $15.46. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.47% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.63%. 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 65.19 which implies that the stock is in neutral 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 Morgan Stanley which downgraded the stock as “Equal-Weight” in its note to investors issued on August 19, 2024, recommending a price target of $19 for it. Wells Fargo upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Overweight” from “Equal Weight” on April 11, 2024 while assigning a price target of $16. JMP Securities issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $21.

Over the week, HG’s stock price is moving 2.66% up while it is 13.02% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 31.77% up and over the past year.

Currently, Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd.’s total number of outstanding shares is 56.04M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 19.21% and return on equity (ROE) at 22.99%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 4.64 while having a 5.21 of forward P/E ratio. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.90 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.06. Its return on asset (ROA) is 8.12% on average.