Taseko Mines Ltd. (TGB): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

Taseko Mines Ltd. (AMEX:TGB) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.76M but it saw 2882178 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 709.91M USD, the company’s current market price of $2.42 came falling about -1.63 while comparing to the previous closing price of $2.46. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $3.15 and as low as $1.05. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $2.405 while lowest mark touched by it was $2.4585.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Taseko Mines Ltd. (TGB) gives us an average price of $2.12, while its current price level is -23.17% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 130.48% 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 $2.14 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $2.05. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 4.22% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 4.58%. 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 65.61 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, TGB’s stock price is moving 14.15% up while it is 6.14% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 72.86% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 86.15%.

Currently, Taseko Mines Ltd.’s total number of outstanding shares is 290.00M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 6.48% and return on equity (ROE) at 18.35%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 12.53 while having a 10.19 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.74. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.10 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.66. Its return on asset (ROA) is 4.46% on average.