A new trading day began on Monday, with Orion S.A (NYSE: OEC) stock price down -3.15% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $13.95. OEC’s price has ranged from $13.88 to $26.05 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Basic Materials Sector giant was 9.41%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -15.88%. With a float of $55.54 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $57.72 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 1650 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 22.33%, operating margin of 5.72%, and the pretax margin is 3.06%.
Orion S.A (OEC) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Specialty Chemicals Industry. The insider ownership of Orion S.A is 3.77%, while institutional ownership is 92.83%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 22 ’24, was worth 176,900. In this transaction Chief Executive Officer of this company bought 10,000 shares at a rate of $17.69, taking the stock ownership to the 958,776 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 09 ’24, when Company’s Director bought 2,500 for $18.53, making the entire transaction worth $46,325. This insider now owns 78,772 shares in total.
Orion S.A (OEC) Earnings and Forecasts
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.42 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -15.88% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 3.82% during the next five years compared to -3.26% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Orion S.A (NYSE: OEC) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Orion S.A’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.71. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.41.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.53, a number that is poised to hit 0.21 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.74 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Orion S.A (OEC)
Looking closely at Orion S.A (NYSE: OEC), its last 5-days average volume was 0.47 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 0.44 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 19.07%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.56.
During the past 100 days, Orion S.A’s (OEC) raw stochastic average was set at 3.08%, which indicates a significant decrease from 9.31% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 33.16% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 44.98% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $16.22, while its 200-day Moving Average is $19.24. However, in the short run, Orion S.A’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $13.83. Second resistance stands at $14.16. The third major resistance level sits at $14.41. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $13.25, it is likely to go to the next support level at $13.00. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $12.67.
Orion S.A (NYSE: OEC) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 779.80 million, the company has a total of 57,720K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 1,894 M while annual income is 103,500 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 463,400 K while its latest quarter income was -20,200 K.
