Western Copper & Gold Corp (AMEX:WRN) does about 190.14K shares in volume on a normal day but saw 4985841 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 249.31M USD. Its current market price is $1.29, marking an increase of 1.57% compared to the previous close of $1.27. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $1.66 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $0.95. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $4.25 and a low of $4.25.
Western Copper & Gold Corp (WRN) has a 20-day trading average at $1.1595 and the current price is -22.29% off the 52-week high compared with 35.79% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $1.1895 and its 200-day simple moving average is $1.2559. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 7.85%, which decreases to 4.92% 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 67.64 to suggest the stock is neutral.
3 analysts observing the Western Copper & Gold Corp (WRN) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $4.25 and $4.25. The median price target is 69.65% away from the current levels at $4.25.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 3 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 3 analysts have rated it as a buy and 0 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Buy and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Moderate Buy the stock.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on October 27, 2020 when ROTH Capital resumed the stock to “Buy” and issued a price target of $2.
The current price level is 11.25%, 8.45%, and 2.72% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the WRN price moving below the 50-day SMA on current market day. Western Copper & Gold Corp (WRN) stock is up 13.16% over the week and 9.32% over the past month. Its price is -3.01% year-to-date and 5.74% over the past year.
The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at -0.01 and -0.03 for whole year.
Its 12-month price target is $4.25. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $4.25, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $4.25.
The company has a return on equity of -3.60%. The beta has a value of 1.88. Price to book ratio is 1.82.
