ST Microelectronics (STM): Uncovering A True Diamond In The Rough

ST Microelectronics (NYSE:STM) currently has a daily average trading volume of 5.11M but it saw 6161891 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 21.86B USD, the company’s current market price of $24.48 came falling about -1.88 while comparing to the previous closing price of $24.95. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $50.94 and as low as $23.95. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $24.41 while lowest mark touched by it was $24.95.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of ST Microelectronics (STM) gives us an average price of $25.70, while its current price level is -51.94% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 2.19% 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 $26.48 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $34.89. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.90% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.40%. 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 34.01 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, STM’s stock price is moving -6.67% down while it is -0.24% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -51.17% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -51.46%.

Currently, ST Microelectronics’s total number of outstanding shares is 901.55M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 11.65% and return on equity (ROE) at 13.90%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 10.06 while having a 17.69 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.52. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.26 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.54. Its return on asset (ROA) is 9.54% on average.