The Week Ahead: Are Investors Really Too Optimistic About Vermilion Energy Inc (NYSE: VET)

Vermilion Energy Inc (NYSE:VET) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.15M but it saw 1236259 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 1.54B USD, the company’s current market price of $9.81 came rising about 1.34 while comparing to the previous closing price of $9.68. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $15.56 and as low as $8.70. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $9.67 while lowest mark touched by it was $9.825.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Vermilion Energy Inc (VET) gives us an average price of $9.95, while its current price level is -36.96% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 12.69% 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 $9.86 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $11.00. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.13% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.78%. 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 48.14 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, VET’s stock price is moving -2.78% down while it is 3.15% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -18.66% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -35.84%.

Currently, Vermilion Energy Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 162.27M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -21.58% and return on equity (ROE) at -24.43%. It has a 10.96 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 2.02. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.75 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.07. Its return on asset (ROA) is -12.18% on average.