Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. ADR (NYSE:UGP) does about 2.10M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 1382724 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 3.15B USD. Its current market price is $2.93, marking an increase of 0.34% compared to the previous close of $2.92. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $4.51 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $2.53.
The consensus objective for the share price is $4.00, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 26.75% over the period.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 2 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 1 analysts have rated it as a buy and 1 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Buy and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Moderate Buy the stock.
The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on January 31, 2025 when Goldman upgraded the stock to “Buy” and issued a price target of between $4.10 and $3.20.
The current price level is -1.83%, -2.57%, and -9.05% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the UGP price moving above the 50-day SMA on current market day. Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. ADR (UGP) stock is up 2.81% over the week and -1.68% over the past month. Its price is 11.41% year-to-date and -32.64% over the past year.
The company’s next earnings report forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at 0 and 0.3 for whole year. Expected sales for next quarter are $35.19B, which analysts say will come at $137.35B for the current fiscal year and next year at $137.74B. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $33.39B.
To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 26.75 percent from here.
Outstanding shares total 1.08B with insiders holding 0.00% of the shares and institutional holders owning 6.01% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 8.44% and return on equity of 14.87%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 8.14 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 8.32. The beta has a value of 1.03. Price to book ratio is 1.19 and price to sales ratio is 0.13.
