The trading price of Livent Corporation (NYSE:LTHM) closed higher on Tuesday, May 23, closing at $24.56, 1.19% higher than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $24.04 and $25.3885. The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 15.15, while its 5Y monthly beta was 1.81. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $36.38 and a 52-week low of $18.26. Over the past month, the stock has gained 12.09% in value.
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Livent Corporation, whose market valuation is $4.50 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report Jul 31, 2023 – Aug 04, 2023. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by $0.47 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of $2 for 2023 and $2.3 for 2024. It means analysts are expecting annual earnings per share growth of 42.90% this year and 15.00% next year.
Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of $250.59 million for the current quarter, with the likely lows of $224.7 million and highs of $273.4 million. The average estimate suggests sales will likely up by 14.60% this quarter compared to what was recorded in the comparable quarter last year. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue in 2023 is $1.08 billion. The company’s revenue is forecast to grow by 32.30% over what it did in 2023.
A company’s earnings reviews provide a brief indication of a stock’s direction in the short term, where in the case of Livent Corporation No upward and no downward comments were posted in the last 7 days. On the technical side, indicators suggest LTHM has a 50% Buy on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 50% Sell, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently Hold.
If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 15.15, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that LTHM’s price is currently 4.32% off the SMA20 and 11.15% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 57.15, and weekly volatility stands at 3.60%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 4.02%. Livent Corporation (NYSE:LTHM)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.78, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.99. With analysts defining $25.00-$45.00 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $32.33 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about -1.79% off the estimated low and -83.22% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if LTHM’s share price rises to $30.00, which is the median consensus price. At that level, LTHM’s share price would be -22.15% below current price.
To see how Livent Corporation stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: LTHM stock’s performance was 1.19% in the latest trading, and -13.31% in the past year, while Albemarle Corporation (ALB) has traded 4.63% on the day and positioned -8.62% lower than it was a year ago. Livent Corporation has a P/E ratio of 15.15. Also in last trading session, the S&P 500 Index has plunged -1.12%, while the Dow Jones Industrial also saw a negative session, down -0.69% on the day.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Livent Corporation (NYSE:LTHM) indicates that the 3-month average is 3.24 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 4.68 million.
Currently, records show that 179.60 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 0.20% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 96.10%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of Apr 27, 2023, stood at 29.1 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 9.26 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 16.20% of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in April were up slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 29.06 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 23.60% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
