The trading price of Baker Hughes Co (NASDAQ:BKR) floating lower at last check on current market day and closing at $41.76, -2.57% lower than its previous close.
The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 14.02. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $49.40 and a 52-week low of $29.30. Over the past month, the stock has lost -11.90% in value.
Baker Hughes Co, whose market valuation is $41.35 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in April. The dividend yield on the company stock is 2.06%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 0.86. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable.
On the technical side, indicators suggest BKR 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% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 50% Buy.
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 BKR a recommendation rating is 12. Out of them, 2 rate it a Hold, while 10 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged Baker Hughes Co (BKR) 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.
If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 1.13, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that BKR’s price is currently -8.27% off the SMA20 and -5.98% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 33.81, and weekly volatility stands at 3.79%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 2.93%. Baker Hughes Co (NASDAQ:BKR)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.09, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 1.35. With analysts defining $42-$52 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $45 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about -0.57% off the estimated low and -24.52% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if BKR’s share price rises to $45, which is the median consensus price. At that level, BKR’s share price would be -7.76% below current price.
To see how Baker Hughes Co stock has been performing today in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: BKR stock’s performance was -2.57% at last check in today’s session, and 39.39% in the past year, while Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) has been trading -1.59%% in recent session and positioned -2.65% lower than it was a year ago. Another comparable company Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB) saw its stock trading -1.86%% lower in today’s session but was down -21.89% in a year. Baker Hughes Co has a P/E ratio of 14.02, compared to Caterpillar Inc.’s 14.80 and Schlumberger Ltd.’s 12.57.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Baker Hughes Co (NASDAQ:BKR) indicates that the 3-month average is 7.11 million.
Currently, records show that 989.65 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 0.13% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 94.35%. However, since the stock’s price has seen 1.80% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
