Gerdau S.A. ADR (NYSE: GGB) is -12.01% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $2.27 and a high of $3.62 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 $2.98 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.05%.
Currently trading at $2.93, the stock is -1.31% and 2.68% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 18.13 million and changing -1.68% at the moment leaves the stock -2.45% off its SMA200. GGB registered 1.74% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 3.17%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $2.8536 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $3.00365.
The stock witnessed a -3.93% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 20.58%, and is -4.56% 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 2.81% over the week and 2.37% over the month.
Current P/E ratio is 10.37 and Fwd P/E is 7.05. Profit margin for the company is 4.85%. Distance from 52-week low is 29.07% and -19.06% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.88%).
with sales reaching $18.31B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -8.22% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 5.03% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 10.19% in year-over-year returns.
Gerdau S.A. ADR (GGB) Top Institutional Holders
234.0 institutions hold shares in Gerdau S.A. ADR (GGB), with institutional investors hold 24.52% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 1.31B, and float is at 1.29B with Short Float at 0.96%. Institutions hold 24.52% of the Float.
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 3.8068% 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 3.6685 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are CONTRARIAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. which holds 20.28 million shares representing 0.9639% and valued at over $66.91 million, while GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC holds 0.8212 of the shares totaling 17.28 million with a market value of $57.01 million.
Gerdau S.A. ADR (GGB) Insider Activity
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