Piedmont Lithium Inc (NASDAQ: PLL) Recovers 88.12% From 52-Week Low, Is PLL Still A High-Risk, High-Reward Play?

Piedmont Lithium Inc (NASDAQ:PLL) currently has a daily average trading volume of 908.62K but it saw 333841 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 240.08M USD, the company’s current market price of $12.35 came rising about 0.49 while comparing to the previous closing price of $12.29. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $31.82 and as low as $6.57. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $12.15 while lowest mark touched by it was $12.73.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Piedmont Lithium Inc (PLL) gives us an average price of $12.53, while its current price level is -61.19% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 88.12% 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 $11.64 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $11.59. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 11.17% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 10.40%. 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 50.71 which implies that the stock is in neutral 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 Macquarie which upgraded the stock as “Neutral” in its note to investors issued on November 21, 2024, recommending a price target of $13.50 for it. ROTH MKM downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Neutral” from “Buy” on November 20, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $32-$13. JP Morgan issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $9 and $8.

Over the week, PLL’s stock price is moving 17.96% up while it is -9.46% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -56.25% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -53.20%.

Currently, Piedmont Lithium Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 19.27M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -2.50%. Stock’s beta reads 0.72. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.84 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 5.09.