Are Analysts Too Bullish On Gold Fields Ltd ADR (GFI)

Gold Fields Ltd ADR (NYSE:GFI) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.87M but it saw 2126780 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 12.74B USD, the company’s current market price of $14.23 came falling about -1.86 while comparing to the previous closing price of $14.50. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $18.97 and as low as $12.19. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $14.14 while lowest mark touched by it was $14.535.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Gold Fields Ltd ADR (GFI) gives us an average price of $14.68, while its current price level is -24.97% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 16.74% 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 $15.75 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $15.64. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.55% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.74%. 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 40.17 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, GFI’s stock price is moving -3.26% down while it is -12.00% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -1.59% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -3.26%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in January, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0 while estimate for next year EPS is 1.2.

Currently, Gold Fields Ltd ADR’s total number of outstanding shares is 895.02M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 10.19% and return on equity (ROE) at 14.69%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 20.44 while having a 6.87 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.14. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.73 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.90. Its return on asset (ROA) is 8.10% on average.