Vertex Energy Inc (NASDAQ:VTNR) currently has a daily average trading volume of 3.83M but it saw 8210672 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 11.03M USD, the company’s current market price of $0.12 came falling about -2.40 while comparing to the previous closing price of $0.12. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $5.03 and as low as $0.10. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $0.1079 while lowest mark touched by it was $0.1211.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Vertex Energy Inc (VTNR) gives us an average price of $0.2831, while its current price level is -97.66% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 16.72% 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 $0.4315 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $1.1971. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 18.82% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 15.80%. 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 24.32 which implies that the stock is in oversold 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 Craig Hallum which downgraded the stock as “Hold” in its note to investors issued on August 09, 2024, recommending a price target of $1 for it. Northland Capital downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Market Perform” from “Outperform” on January 24, 2024 while assigning a price target of $2. Stifel also issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock is $4.
Over the week, VTNR’s stock price is moving -11.28% down while it is -67.73% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -96.52% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -97.18%.
Currently, Vertex Energy Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 93.51M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -43.69% and return on equity (ROE) at -63.70%. Stock’s beta reads 1.38. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.09 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.00. Its return on asset (ROA) is -14.25% on average.
