Arcadium Lithium PLC (NYSE: ALTM) Recovers 135.19% From 52-Week Low, Is ALTM Still A High-Risk, High-Reward Play?

Arcadium Lithium PLC (NYSE:ALTM) currently has a daily average trading volume of 23.22M but it saw 6962349 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 5.55B USD, the company’s current market price of $5.16 came rising about 0.58 while comparing to the previous closing price of $5.13. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $7.27 and as low as $2.19. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $5.11 while lowest mark touched by it was $5.18.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Arcadium Lithium PLC (ALTM) gives us an average price of $5.10, while its current price level is -29.02% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 135.19% 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 $5.24 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $4.08. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.80% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.09%. 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 52.83 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Scotiabank downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Sector Perform” from “Sector Outperform” on November 11, 2024 while assigning a price target of $5.85. UBS issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $3.

Over the week, ALTM’s stock price is moving -1.90% down while it is 0.00% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 0.58% up and over the past year.

Currently, Arcadium Lithium PLC’s total number of outstanding shares is 1.08B. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 2.29% and return on equity (ROE) at 20.46%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 37.23 while having a 37.03 of forward P/E ratio. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 0.88 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 6.16. Its return on asset (ROA) is 12.45% on average.