The trading price of Iamgold Corp (NYSE:IAG) floating higher at last check on current market day and closing at $5.64, 1.53% higher than its previous close.
The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 3.89. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $6.69 and a 52-week low of $2.83. Over the past month, the stock has lost -12.50% in value.
Iamgold Corp, whose market valuation is $3.23 billion 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 0.54 for current year and 0.77 for next year.
Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of 505.52M for the current quarter, with the likely lows of 505.52M and highs of 505.52M. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue is 2.25B.
On the technical side, indicators suggest IAG 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 100% 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 IAG a recommendation rating is 14. Out of them, 9 rate it a Hold, while 5 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged Iamgold Corp (IAG) as Underweight, while 0 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Hold, 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 0.20, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that IAG’s price is currently -6.97% off the SMA20 and -2.64% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 43.55, and weekly volatility stands at 5.18%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 4.37%. Iamgold Corp (NYSE:IAG)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.63, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.27. With analysts defining $2.25-$6.4 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $3.88 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 60.11% off the estimated low and -13.48% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if IAG’s share price rises to $3.875, which is the median consensus price. At that level, IAG’s share price would be 31.29% above current price.
To see how Iamgold Corp stock has been performing today in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: IAG stock’s performance was 1.53% at last check in today’s session, and 105.66% in the past year. Iamgold Corp has a P/E ratio of 3.89, compared to Alamos Gold Inc.’s 34.67 and Taseko Mines Ltd.’s 0.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Iamgold Corp (NYSE:IAG) indicates that the 3-month average is 10.38 million.
Currently, records show that 571.40 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 3.93% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 57.96%. However, since the stock’s price has seen 9.21% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
