The trading price of American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ:AREC) closed higher on Monday, June 16, and closing at $0.95, 9.02% higher than its previous close.
In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $1.68 and a 52-week low of $0.38. Over the past month, the stock has gained 4.56% in value.
American Resources Corporation, whose market valuation is $78.17 million at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in July. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable. Analysts have predicted the quarterly earnings per share to grow by -0.05 per share this quarter, however they have predicted annual earnings per share of 0.01 for current year and 0.76 for next year.
Analysts have forecast the company to bring in revenue of 16.4M for the current quarter, with the likely lows of 16.4M and highs of 16.4M. From the analysts’ viewpoint, the consensus estimate for the company’s annual revenue is 95.95M.
On the technical side, indicators suggest AREC 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 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 AREC 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 Resources Corporation (AREC) 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 AREC’s price is currently 26.24% off the SMA20 and 17.87% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 61.11, and weekly volatility stands at 10.57%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 9.33%. American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ:AREC)’s beta value is currently sitting at 0.83, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.13.
To see how American Resources Corporation stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: AREC stock’s performance was 9.02% in the latest trading, and -4.99% in the past year.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ:AREC) indicates that the 3-month average is 5.91 million.
Currently, records show that 80.49 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 33.53% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 6.30%. However, since the stock’s price has seen -5.93% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even lower.
