Orion S.A (NYSE: OEC) kicked off on Friday, down -4.71% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $5.31. Over the past 52 weeks, OEC has traded in a range of $4.34-$16.63.
A company in the Basic Materials sector has dropped its sales by -12.17% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded -55.68%. With a float of $54.23 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $56.15 million.
Orion S.A (OEC) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Specialty Chemicals Industry. The insider ownership of Orion S.A is 3.33%, while institutional ownership is 93.35%. 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) Latest Financial update
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 12/31/2024, the organization reported 0.35 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (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 -12.87% 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
Take a look at Orion S.A’s (OEC) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.64. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.16. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 8.57.
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 0.77 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 0.55 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 71.36%.
During the past 100 days, Orion S.A’s (OEC) raw stochastic average was set at 10.42%, which indicates a significant decrease from 47.76% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.22 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 0.33 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $5.21, while its 200-day Moving Average is $9.43. However, in the short run, Orion S.A’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $5.26. Second resistance stands at $5.46. The third major resistance level sits at $5.58. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $4.94, it is likely to go to the next support level at $4.82. The third support level lies at $4.62 if the price breaches the second support level.
Orion S.A (NYSE: OEC) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 284.12 million has total of 56,150K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 1,878 M in contrast with the sum of 44,200 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 450,900 K and last quarter income was -67,100 K.
