Sigma Lithium Corporation (NASDAQ:SGML) does about 878.89K shares in volume on a normal day but saw 983317 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 1.62B USD. Its current market price is $14.59, marking an increase of 8.80% compared to the previous close of $13.41. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $34.31 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $8.47.
Sigma Lithium Corporation (SGML) has a 20-day trading average at $13.27 and the current price is -57.47% off the 52-week high compared with 72.26% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $11.56 and its 200-day simple moving average is $14.09. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 7.02%, which decreases to 5.99% 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 64.99 to suggest the stock is neutral.
The consensus objective for the share price is $21.82, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 33.13% over the period.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 15 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 1 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 9 analysts have rated it as a buy and 5 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Buy and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Strong Buy the stock.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on December 06, 2023 when BofA Securities resumed the stock to “Buy” and issued a price target of $37.
The current price level is 9.93%, 26.22%, and 3.57% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the SGML price moving below the 50-day SMA on current market day. Sigma Lithium Corporation (SGML) stock is up 11.97% over the week and 22.81% over the past month. Its price is -53.73% year-to-date and -41.07% over the past year.
The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 6/30/2024, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of 0.45 below consensus estimates by -0.29. The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at 0.09 and -0.06 for whole year. Expected sales for next quarter are $75.03M, which analysts say will come at $261.73M for the current fiscal year and next year at $498.43M. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $72.42M.
To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 33.13 percent from here.
Outstanding shares total 110.06M with insiders holding 4.44% of the shares and institutional holders owning 82.78% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 3.70% and return on equity of 6.86%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 171.24 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 19.80. Price to book ratio is 12.44 and price to sales ratio is 7.42.
