UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI) on January 24, 2023, started off the session at the price of $39.86, plunging -0.68% from the previous trading day. During the day, the shares moved up to $39.86 and dropped to $39.13 before settling in for the closing price of $39.75. Within the past 52 weeks, UGI’s price has moved between $31.19 and $46.13.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Utilities Sector giant was 10.50%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -27.00%. With a float of $208.38 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $209.78 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 4700 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is +24.15, operating margin of +4.43, and the pretax margin is +13.71.
UGI Corporation (UGI) Insider Activity
Observing investor behavior towards Utilities – Regulated Gas industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of UGI Corporation is 0.50%, while institutional ownership is 84.80%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 01, was worth 495,210. In this transaction Director of this company sold 12,750 shares at a rate of $38.84, taking the stock ownership to the 465,000 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Nov 01, when Company’s VP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary sold 75,000 for $35.31, making the entire transaction worth $2,648,250. This insider now owns 61,109 shares in total.
UGI Corporation (UGI) Earnings and Forecasts
As on 6/29/2022, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported $0.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the period falling under the consensus outlook (set at $0.12) by -$0.06. This company achieved a net margin of +10.61 while generating a return on equity of 18.52. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.95 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -27.00% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 6.60% during the next five years compared to 15.10% growth over the previous five years of trading.
UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI) Trading Performance Indicators
UGI Corporation (UGI) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.30 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.81.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.96 and is forecasted to reach 2.97 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of UGI Corporation (UGI)
Looking closely at UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI), its last 5-days average volume was 0.78 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 0.91 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 32.64%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.89.
During the past 100 days, UGI Corporation’s (UGI) raw stochastic average was set at 80.25%, which indicates a significant increase from 46.13% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 26.47% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 32.54% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $38.55, while its 200-day Moving Average is $38.27. However, in the short run, UGI Corporation’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $39.85. Second resistance stands at $40.22. The third major resistance level sits at $40.58. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $39.12, it is likely to go to the next support level at $38.76. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $38.39.
UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 8.17 billion based on 209,709K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 10,106 M and income totals 1,073 M. The company made 1,934 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 244,000 K in sales during its previous quarter.