A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Fortis Inc (NYSE: FTS) stock price up 3.55% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $42.57. FTS’s price has ranged from $36.86 to $46.06 over the past 52 weeks.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Utilities sector saw sales topped by 5.84%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 1.94%. With a float of $494.54 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $495.20 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 9600 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 48.68%, operating margin of 28.21%, and the pretax margin is 18.96%.
Fortis Inc (FTS) Insider and Institutional Ownership
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Utilities – Regulated Electric Industry. The insider ownership of Fortis Inc is 0.13%, while institutional ownership is 58.43%.
Fortis Inc (FTS) Latest Financial update
In its latest quarterly report, released on 6/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 0.62 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.59 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 1.94% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 5.25% during the next five years compared to 2.79% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Fortis Inc (NYSE: FTS) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Fortis Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.58. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.61.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.36, a number that is poised to hit 0.58 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.42 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Fortis Inc (FTS)
The latest stats from [Fortis Inc, FTS] show that its last 5-days average volume of 0.76 million was superior to 0.7 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 26.82%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.67.
During the past 100 days, Fortis Inc’s (FTS) raw stochastic average was set at 74.97%, which indicates a significant increase from 60.64% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 18.48% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 14.65% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $44.45, while its 200-day Moving Average is $41.10. Now, the first resistance to watch is $44.63. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $45.17. The third major resistance level sits at $46.19. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $43.06, it is likely to go to the next support level at $42.04. The third support level lies at $41.50 if the price breaches the second support level.
Fortis Inc (NYSE: FTS) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 30.36 billion, the company has a total of 497,294K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 8,532 M while annual income is 1,165 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 1,951 M while its latest quarter income was 255,010 K.
