Baytex Energy Corp (NYSE:BTE) price is hovering higher on current market day and jumping 0.71% above its previous close.
A look at today’s price movement shows that the recent level at last check reads $2.82, with intraday deals fluctuating between $2.79 and $2.87. The company’s 5Y monthly beta was ticking 2.572. Taking into account the 52-week price action we note that the stock hit a 52-week high of $4.08 and 52-week low of $2.77. The stock subtracted -2.74% on its value in the past month.
Baytex Energy Corp, which has a market valuation of $2.24 billion, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in January. The company stock has a Forward Dividend ratio of 0.07, while the dividend yield is 2.33%. It is understandable that investor optimism is growing ahead of the company’s current quarter results.
On average, analysts have forecast the company’s revenue for the quarter will hit 1.01B, with the likely lows of 1.01B and highs of 1.01B. The average estimate suggests sales growth for the quarter will likely fall by -5.13% when compared to those recorded in the same quarter in the last financial year. Staying with the analyst view, there is a consensus estimate of 3.84B for the company’s annual revenue in current year. Per this projection, the revenue is forecast to grow 13.66% above that which the company brought in the current year earning report.
Technical indicators in stocks provide crucial insights into market trends, guiding investors with precise entry and exit points based on price movements for informed decision-making.On the technical perspective front, indicators give BTE a short term outlook of 100% Sell on average. Looking at the stock’s medium term indicators we note that it is averaging as a 100% Sell, while an average of long term indicators are currently assigning the stock as 100% Sell.
Here is a look at the average analyst rating for the stock as represented on a scale of 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock is strong buy or strong sell respectively. Specifically, 2 analysts have assigned BTE a recommendation rating as follows: 1 rate it as a Hold; 1 advise Buy while 0 analyst(s) assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged the Baytex Energy Corp (BTE) stock as Underweight, with 0 recommending Sell. In general, analysts have rated the stock Buy, a scenario likely to bolster investors out for an opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
The overview shows that BTE’s price is at present -3.79% off the SMA20 and -5.26% from the SMA50. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) metric on the 14-day timeframe is pointing at 41.94, with weekly volatility standing at 3.40%. The indicator jumps to 3.39% when calculated based on the past 30 days. Baytex Energy Corp (NYSE:BTE)’s beta value is holding at 1.71, while the average true range (ATR) indicator is currently reading 0.10.
An analysis of the Baytex Energy Corp (NYSE:BTE) stock in terms of its daily trading volume indicates that the 3-month average is 11.82 million. However, this figure increases on the past 10-day timeline to an average of 10.19 million.
Current records show that the company has 787.33M in outstanding shares. The insiders’ percentage holdings are 13.49% of outstanding shares while the percentage share held by institutions stands at 26.83%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2024-11-15, stood at 58.67 million shares, which puts the short ratio at the time at 3.95. Notably, we see that shares short in November rose slightly given the previous month’s figure stood at 52.36 million. But the -14.46% downside, the stock’s price has registered year-to-date as of today’s value, will likely reignite investor interest given the prospect of it rallying even higher.