ST Microelectronics (STM) is expecting -21.13% growth in the next quarter: What can investors do to maximize their returns?

ST Microelectronics (NYSE: STM) on Friday, plunged -0.24% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $24.54. Within the past 52 weeks, STM’s price has moved between $23.95 and $51.27.

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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Technology sector was 12.85%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -63.24%. With a float of $893.03 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $902.77 million.

Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 51323 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 41.58%, operating margin of 15.64%, and the pretax margin is 17.81%.

ST Microelectronics (STM) Insider Activity

Observing investor behavior towards Semiconductors industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of ST Microelectronics is 0.00%, while institutional ownership is 8.37%.

ST Microelectronics (STM) Earnings and Forecasts

As on 9/30/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 1.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the period topping the consensus outlook (set at 0.95) by 0.19. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.18 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -63.24% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 20.00% during the next five years compared to 25.53% growth over the previous five years of trading.

ST Microelectronics (NYSE: STM) Trading Performance Indicators

ST Microelectronics (STM) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 2.16 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 1.54. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 39.97.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 2.43, a number that is poised to hit 0.35 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.38 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of ST Microelectronics (STM)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 4.02 million, its volume of 4.67 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 15.50%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.72.

During the past 100 days, ST Microelectronics’s (STM) raw stochastic average was set at 2.71%, which indicates a significant decrease from 15.02% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 32.34% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 47.17% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $27.45, while its 200-day Moving Average is $36.66. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $24.56 in the near term. At $24.65, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $24.80. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $24.32, it is likely to go to the next support level at $24.17. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $24.08.

ST Microelectronics (NYSE: STM) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 21.86 billion based on 903,407K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 17,286 M and income totals 4,211 M. The company made 3,251 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 351,000 K in sales during its previous quarter.