Constellation Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: CEG) stock fell -0.67% on Thursday to $82.75 against a previous-day closing price of $83.31. With 1.86 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.1 million shares. During the session, the Utilities – Renewable company that operates in wider Utilities sector, reached to the highest price of $83.20 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $81.90. The 52-week range on CEG shows that it touched its highest point at $97.89 and its lowest point at $52.64 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $97.54. With its current market cap of 26.55 billion, CEG has annualized dividend of $1.13 while the current yield stands at 1.36%.
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Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of CEG was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.66%, but this was up by 9.08% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 4.39% while six-month performance fell -14.04%. The stock gained 45.74% in the past year, while it has lost -4.01% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CEG yields -0.52 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.31. For the next quarter, that number is 0.69. This implies an EPS growth rate of 22.30% for this year and 34.21% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 328.00 million CEG shares are outstanding with a float of 323.86 million shares on hand for trading. On Apr 27, 2023, short shares totaled 6.42 million, which was 1.98% higher than short shares on Mar 30, 2023. In addition to Mr. Joseph Dominguez as the firm’s Pres, CEO & Director, Mr. Daniel L. Eggers C.F.A. serves as its Exec. VP & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 84.74% of CEG’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company. Other institutions hold 54.60% of CEG, in contrast to 27.93% held by mutual funds. Shares owned by individuals account for 0.10%. As the largest shareholder in CEG with 11.36% of the stake, The Vanguard Group, Inc. holds 37,200,977 shares worth 37,200,977. A second-largest stockholder of CEG, Capital Research & Management Co, holds 28,100,904 shares, controlling over 8.58% of the firm’s shares. SSgA Funds Management, Inc. is the third largest shareholder in CEG, holding 17,997,650 shares or 5.50% stake. With a 4.33% stake in CEG, the Washington Mutual Investors Fund is the largest stakeholder. A total of 14,193,265 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager. The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF, which owns about 3.10% of CEG stock, is the second-largest Mutual Fund holder. It holds 10,146,468 shares valued at 785.34 million. Vanguard 500 Index Fund holds 2.34% of the stake in CEG, owning 7,675,770 shares worth 594.1 million.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on Mar 30, 2023, CEG reported revenue of $5.46B and operating income of $68.00M. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $760.00M and diluted EPS was -$0.34.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for CEG since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With CEG analysts setting a high price target of $115.00 and a low target of $81.00, the average target price over the next 12 months is $97.83. Based on these targets, CEG could surge 38.97% to reach the target high and fall by -2.11% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 18.22% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded CEG stock several times over the past three months with 9 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 4,500 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 44 while that of sell transactions has risen to 17 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 245,108 while 128,803 shares were sold.
