GGB Stock Forecast: All the More Reason to Consider Gerdau S.A. ADR (GGB) Now

Gerdau S.A. ADR (NYSE: GGB) is -21.07% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $2.92 and a high of $4.13 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 GGB stock was last observed hovering at around $3.20 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.01%.

Currently trading at $3.19, the stock is -5.72% and -3.86% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 7.79 million and changing -0.31% at the moment leaves the stock -7.74% off its SMA200. GGB registered -9.06% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -16.05%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $3.318 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $3.4576333.

The stock witnessed a -2.15% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -1.85%, and is -3.92% down 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 1.64% over the week and 2.11% over the month.

Current P/E ratio is 7.10 and Fwd P/E is 6.80. Profit margin for the company is 7.88%. Distance from 52-week low is 9.25% and -22.74% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.45%).

The EPS is expected to shrink by -34.12% this year.

Gerdau S.A. ADR (GGB) Top Institutional Holders

The shares outstanding are 1.38B, and float is at 1.38B with Short Float at 0.29%.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is FMR LLC with over 80.08 million shares valued at $264.26 million. The investor’s holdings represent 3.1759% of the GGB Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS with 77.17 million shares valued at $254.66 million to account for 3.0605 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are CONTRARIAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. which holds 20.28 million shares representing 0.8042% and valued at over $66.91 million, while GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC holds 0.6851 of the shares totaling 17.28 million with a market value of $57.01 million.