The trading price of American Superconductor Corp (NASDAQ:AMSC) closed lower on Monday, March 03, and closing at $20.01, -11.89% lower than its previous close.
The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 263.29. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $38.02 and a 52-week low of $11.36. Over the past month, the stock has lost -26.73% in value.
American Superconductor Corp, whose market valuation is $789.59 million at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in April. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by 0.1 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of 0.61 for current year and 0.57 for next year.
Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of 60.27M for the current quarter, with the likely lows of 59.2M and highs of 61.3M. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue is 216.43M.
On the technical side, indicators suggest AMSC has a Hold on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a Hold, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 50% Sell.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned AMSC a recommendation rating is 2. Out of them, 0 rate it a Hold, while 2 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged American Superconductor Corp (AMSC) as Underweight, while 0 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Buy, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
A quick review shows that AMSC’s price is currently -27.90% off the SMA20 and -26.30% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 32.87, and weekly volatility stands at 9.48%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 9.50%. American Superconductor Corp (NASDAQ:AMSC)’s beta value is currently sitting at 2.45, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 2.43. With analysts defining $29-$29 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $29 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about -44.93% off the estimated low and -44.93% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if AMSC’s share price rises to $29, which is the median consensus price. At that level, AMSC’s share price would be -44.93% below current price.
To see how American Superconductor Corp stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: AMSC stock’s performance was -11.89% in the latest trading, and 53.22% in the past year, while Bruker Corp. (BRKR) has traded -1.03%% on the day and positioned -48.10% lower than it was a year ago. Another comparable company Woodward Inc. (WWD) saw its stock close -2.47%% lower in the most recent trading session but was up 27.47% in a year. American Superconductor Corp has a P/E ratio of 263.29, compared to Bruker Corp.’s 61.54 and Woodward Inc.’s 30.83.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of American Superconductor Corp (NASDAQ:AMSC) indicates that the 3-month average is 1.27 million.
Currently, records show that 39.86 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 4.41% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 70.58%. However, since the stock’s price has seen -18.76% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even lower.
