Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. (NYSE: UGP) on May 23, 2023, started off the session at the price of $3.46, plunging -0.29% from the previous trading day. During the day, the shares moved up to $3.5001 and dropped to $3.42 before settling in for the closing price of $3.45. Within the past 52 weeks, UGP’s price has moved between $2.13 and $3.52.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Energy sector saw sales topped by 12.60%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 90.60%. With a float of $751.88 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $1.10 billion.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 9920 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is +5.12, operating margin of +2.56, and the pretax margin is +1.30.
Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. (UGP) Insider Updates
Observing investor behavior towards Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. is 26.80%, while institutional ownership is 3.70%.
Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. (UGP) Performance Highlights and Predictions
As on 3/30/2023, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported $0.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the period topping the consensus outlook (set at $0.04) by $0.01. This company achieved a net margin of +1.04 while generating a return on equity of 13.77. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.06 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 90.60% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 24.00% during the next five years compared to -0.50% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. (NYSE: UGP) Trading Performance Indicators
Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. (UGP) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.40 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 0.14.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.30, a number that is poised to hit 0.04 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.29 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. (UGP)
The latest stats from [Ultrapar Participacoes S.A., UGP] show that its last 5-days average volume of 0.78 million was inferior to 1.49 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 72.91%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.10.
During the past 100 days, Ultrapar Participacoes S.A.’s (UGP) raw stochastic average was set at 94.03%, which indicates a significant increase from 84.91% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 51.23% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 43.95% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $2.92, while its 200-day Moving Average is $2.63. Now, the first resistance to watch is $3.49. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $3.53. The third major resistance level sits at $3.57. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $3.41, it is likely to go to the next support level at $3.37. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $3.33.
Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. (NYSE: UGP) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 3.91 billion based on 1,115,173K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 27,822 M and income totals 348,820 K. The company made 5,881 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 50,450 K in sales during its previous quarter.
