The trading price of W & T Offshore Inc (NYSE:WTI) floating higher at last check on current market day and closing at $1.67, 4.04% higher than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it has been fluctuating between $1.6 and $1.68. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $3.38 and a 52-week low of $1.33. Over the past month, the stock has lost -12.30% in value.
W & T Offshore Inc, whose market valuation is $253.12 million at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in January. The dividend yield on the company stock is 2.39%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 0.04. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by -0.25 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of -0.61 for current year and -0.44 for next year.
Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of 130.04M for the current quarter, with the likely lows of 130.04M and highs of 130.04M. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue is 534.95M.
On the technical side, indicators suggest WTI has a 100% Sell on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 100% Sell, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 100% Sell.
A quick review shows that WTI’s price is currently 0.37% off the SMA20 and -12.73% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 46.57, and weekly volatility stands at 8.68%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 6.11%. W & T Offshore Inc (NYSE:WTI)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.34, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.10.
To see how W & T Offshore Inc stock has been performing today in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: WTI stock’s performance was 4.04% at last check in today’s session, and -49.70% in the past year.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of W & T Offshore Inc (NYSE:WTI) indicates that the 3-month average is 2.26 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 2.83.
Currently, records show that 147.34 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 33.64% of outstanding shares, whereasinstitutions hold 35.39%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2024-12-13, stood at 16.01 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 8.72 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 1630.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in December were down slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 17.26 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen -48.62% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even lower.
