The Week Ahead: Are Investors Really Too Optimistic About Gold Fields Ltd ADR (NYSE: GFI)

Gold Fields Ltd ADR (NYSE:GFI) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.78M but it saw 956444 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 11.94B USD, the company’s current market price of $13.52 came rising about 0.97 while comparing to the previous closing price of $13.39. 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 $13.355 while lowest mark touched by it was $13.58.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Gold Fields Ltd ADR (GFI) gives us an average price of $14.18, while its current price level is -28.71% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 10.91% 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 $15.31 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $15.65. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.62% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.43%. 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 35.22 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Over the week, GFI’s stock price is moving -4.02% down while it is -12.46% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -7.74% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -15.94%.

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 19.16 while having a 6.62 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.15. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.56 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.72. Its return on asset (ROA) is 8.10% on average.