U.S. Energy Corp (NASDAQ: USEG) is 40.49% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $0.81 and a high of $6.40 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The USEG stock was last observed hovering at around $2.35 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.06%.
Currently trading at $2.29, the stock is -4.70% and 17.02% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.77 million and changing -2.55% at the moment leaves the stock 70.05% off its SMA200. USEG registered 120.19% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 133.65%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $1.9462 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $1.3417.
The stock witnessed a 38.79% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 73.48%, and is -1.72% 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 18.73% over the week and 22.66% over the month.
U.S. Energy Corp (USEG) has around 41 employees, a market worth around $80.52M and $23.72M in sales. Profit margin for the company is -141.51%. Distance from 52-week low is 182.72% and -64.22% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-92.72%).
with sales reaching $4.54M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 59.11% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -35.22% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -38.02% in year-over-year returns.
17.0 institutions hold shares in U.S. Energy Corp (USEG), with institutional investors hold 38.44% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 28.04M, and float is at 3.47M with Short Float at 2.45%. Institutions hold 19.04% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 0.24 million shares valued at $0.24 million. The investor’s holdings represent 0.9445 of the USEG Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VERITY ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. with 0.12 million shares valued at $0.12 million to account for 0.4573 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC which holds 68422.0 shares representing 0.2695 and valued at over $69816.0, while RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC holds 0.1938 of the shares totaling 49200.0 with a market value of $50184.0.
U.S. Energy Corp (USEG) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Smith Ryan Lewis, the company’s CEO. SEC filings show that Smith Ryan Lewis bought 500 shares of the company’s common stock on Jan 31 ’25 at a price of $2.23 per share for a total of $1115.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.83 million shares.
U.S. Energy Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jan 30 ’25 that Smith Ryan Lewis (CEO) bought a total of 500 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jan 30 ’25 and was made at $2.22 per share for $1110.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.83 million shares of the USEG stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Jan 28 ’25, Smith Ryan Lewis (CEO) acquired 500 shares at an average price of $2.38 for $1190.0. The insider now directly holds 833,746 shares of U.S. Energy Corp (USEG).
