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Braskem S.A. ADR (BAK) – Don’t Believe the Hype: Check The Facts

Braskem S.A. ADR (NYSE: BAK) is -16.33% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $5.28 and a high of $10.98 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The BAK stock was last observed hovering at around $7.15 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.23%.

Currently trading at $7.38, the stock is 10.66% and 14.67% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.45 million and changing 3.22% at the moment leaves the stock -2.57% off its SMA200. BAK registered -11.72% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -28.97%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $6.4384 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $7.5757.

The stock witnessed a 14.77% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 13.19%, and is 1.51% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.39% over the week and 3.71% over the month.

Braskem S.A. ADR (BAK) has around 8569 employees, a market worth around $1.27B and $14.06B in sales. Fwd P/E is 31.21. Profit margin for the company is -12.81%. Distance from 52-week low is 39.77% and -32.79% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-15.85%).

The EPS is expected to grow by 20.50% this year

The shares outstanding are 172.53M, and float is at 172.20M with Short Float at 0.92%.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP with over 2.44 million shares valued at $15.76 million. The investor’s holdings represent 0.3065 of the BAK Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is MBB PUBLIC MARKETS I LLC with 1.6 million shares valued at $10.3 million to account for 0.2004 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 0.6 million shares representing 0.0747 and valued at over $3.84 million, while MARSHALL WACE, LLP holds 0.0337 of the shares totaling 0.27 million with a market value of $1.73 million.

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