Orion S.A (NYSE: OEC) on Monday, plunged -4.62% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $4.98. Within the past 52 weeks, OEC’s price has moved between $4.34 and $19.24.
A company in the Basic Materials sector has dropped its sales by -12.17% annually for the last half of the decade. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -55.68%. With a float of $54.28 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $56.15 million.
Orion S.A (OEC) Insider Updates
Observing investor behavior towards Specialty Chemicals industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Orion S.A is 3.33%, while institutional ownership is 93.31%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on May 13 ’25, was worth 221,632. In this transaction Chief Executive Officer of this company bought 20,000 shares at a rate of $11.08, taking the stock ownership to the 1,084,375 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 12 ’25, when Company’s Sr. VP Global Operations bought 3,300 for $13.07, making the entire transaction worth $43,131. This insider now owns 79,702 shares in total.
Orion S.A (OEC) Performance Highlights and Predictions
As on 12/31/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the period topping the consensus outlook (set at 0.22) by 0.13. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.19 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -55.68% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will plunge by -10.92% during the next five years compared to -12.17% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Orion S.A (NYSE: OEC) Trading Performance Indicators
Orion S.A (OEC) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.64 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 0.15. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 8.05.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.58, a number that is poised to hit -0.06 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 0.91 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Orion S.A (OEC)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 0.51 million. That was inferior than the volume of 0.64 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 46.83%.
During the past 100 days, Orion S.A’s (OEC) raw stochastic average was set at 5.58%, which indicates a significant decrease from 45.25% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.24 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 0.35 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $5.58, while its 200-day Moving Average is $9.82. However, in the short run, Orion S.A’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $4.92. Second resistance stands at $5.10. The third major resistance level sits at $5.19. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $4.66, it is likely to go to the next support level at $4.57. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $4.39.
Orion S.A (NYSE: OEC) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 266.71 million based on 56,150K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 1,878 M and income totals 44,200 K. The company made 450,900 K in profit during its latest quarter, and -67,100 K in sales during its previous quarter.
