UGI Corp (NYSE:UGI) traded at $29.98 at close of the session on Tuesday, November 26 and made an upward move of 2.22% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $29.33 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 1.148 with the day’s price range being $28.92 – $30.01. The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 24.13. In terms of its 52-week price range, UGI has a high of $29.51 and a low of $21.51. The company’s stock has gained about 20.16% over that past 30 days.
UGI Corp has a market cap of $6.44 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in December. With its Forward Dividend at 1.50 and a yield of 5.00%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the UGI stock to gain ahead of the earnings release. Estimates by analysts give the company expected earnings per share (EPS) of 1.22, with the EPS growth for the year raised at 2.9 for current year and 2.9 for next year.
According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for current year is expected to hit 9.27B, or 28.52% up from figures reported last year.
On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the UGI stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 100% Buy, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 100% Buy.
Based on estimates by 3 analysts, where scores have ranged from 1.00 for a strong buy to 5.00 for a strong sell, 2 have rated the UGI Corp (UGI) stock as a Hold, while 0 rate it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) rate it as overweight while 0 of them rated it as underweight, whereas 1 suggest the stock as a Sell. The stock has an overall rating of Hold and investors could take advantage and scoop up stock of the company.
Looking further, we note that the PEG ratio for the UGI stock currently stands at 8.94, and the current price level is 21.34% off its SMA20 and 21.72% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 84.03 while the volatility over the past week is 5.06% and jumps to 2.74% over the past one month. The beta value is 1.21, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 0.79. The average price target for the stock over the next 12 months is $40, with the estimates having a low of $30 and a high of $42. These price ends are -0.07% and -40.09% off the current price level respectively, although investors could be excited at the prospect of a -33.42% if the UGI share price touches on the median price of $40.
Coming back to UGI Corp (NYSE:UGI), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 2.12 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 3.46 million. Current shares outstanding are 214.69 million.
The insiders hold 0.44% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 84.87%. The data shows that short shares as of 2024-10-31, stood at 7.3 million at a short ratio of 4.52. This represents a 454.00 short interest in shares outstanding on 2024-10-31. Shares short rose in October from the previous month at 6.87 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock 21.87% up in year-to-date price movement.
