Baytex Energy Corp (NYSE:BTE) price closed higher on Tuesday, July 22, and jumping 2.58% above its previous close.
A look at the daily price movement shows that the last close reads $1.94, with intraday deals fluctuated between $1.93 and $2.0. The company’s 5Y monthly beta was ticking 1.724 while its P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period read 6.87. Taking into account the 52-week price action we note that the stock hit a 52-week high of $3.76 and 52-week low of $1.36. The stock subtracted -3.40% on its value in the past month.
Baytex Energy Corp, which has a market valuation of $1.53 billion, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-May-05. The company stock has a Forward Dividend ratio of 0.07, while the dividend yield is 3.32%. It is understandable that investor optimism is growing ahead of the company’s current quarter results.
Technical indicators in stocks provide crucial insights into market trends, guiding investors with precise entry and exit points based on price movements for informed decision-making.On the technical perspective front, indicators give BTE a short term outlook of 50% Buy on average. Looking at the stock’s medium term indicators we note that it is averaging as a 50% Sell, while an average of long term indicators are currently assigning the stock as 50% Sell.
Here is a look at the average analyst rating for the stock as represented on a scale of 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock is strong buy or strong sell respectively. Specifically, 2 analysts have assigned BTE a recommendation rating as follows: 1 rate it as a Hold; 1 advise Buy while 0 analyst(s) assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged the Baytex Energy Corp (BTE) stock as Underweight, with 0 recommending Sell. In general, analysts have rated the stock Buy, a scenario likely to bolster investors out for an opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
The overview shows that BTE’s price is at present 5.82% off the SMA20 and 8.57% from the SMA50. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) metric on the 14-day timeframe is pointing at 58.13, with weekly volatility standing at 4.28%. The indicator jumps to 5.10% when calculated based on the past 30 days. Baytex Energy Corp (NYSE:BTE)’s beta value is holding at 1.02.
An analysis of the Baytex Energy Corp (NYSE:BTE) stock in terms of its daily trading volume indicates that the 3-month average is 49.09 million. However, this figure increases on the past 10-day timeline to an average of 31.16 million.
Current records show that the company has 770.04M in outstanding shares. The insiders’ percentage holdings are 13.51% of outstanding shares while the percentage share held by institutions stands at 31.71%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2025-06-30, stood at 66.57 million shares, which puts the short ratio at the time at 0.99. Notably, we see that shares short in June rose slightly given the previous month’s figure stood at 66.1 million. But the -45.63% downside, the stock’s price has registered year-to-date as of last trading, will likely reignite investor interest given the prospect of it rallying even higher.
