Reflections On The Past For Investors Today: Manitex International Inc (NASDAQ: MNTX)

Manitex International Inc (NASDAQ:MNTX) does about 192.23K shares in volume on a normal day but saw 1298872 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 114.65M USD. Its current market price is $5.62, marking no change compared to the previous close of $5.62. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $9.16 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $3.07.

Manitex International Inc (MNTX) has a 20-day trading average at $4.34 and the current price is -38.65% off the 52-week high compared with 83.06% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $4.43 and its 200-day simple moving average is $6.08. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 0.87%, which increases to 4.25% 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 71.54 to suggest the stock is overbought.

The consensus objective for the share price is $5.80, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 3.1% over the period.

The current price level is 32.17%, 27.79%, and -7.69% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the MNTX price moving below the 50-day SMA on current market day. Manitex International Inc (MNTX) stock is up 44.85% over the week and 47.51% over the past month. Its price is -35.70% year-to-date and 24.61% over the past year.

The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 3/31/2024, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of 0.08 above consensus estimates by 0.02. The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at 0 and 0 for whole year. Expected sales for next quarter are $74.5M, which analysts say will come at $305.6M for the current fiscal year and next year at $342.5M. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $79.2M.

To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 3.1 percent from here.

The company has a return on investment of 7.42% and return on equity of 15.97%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 10.70 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 11.02. The beta has a value of 0.71. Price to book ratio is 1.57 and price to sales ratio is 0.38.