Sigma Lithium Corporation (NASDAQ: SGML) stock jumped 11.56% on Friday to $29.92 against a previous-day closing price of $26.82. With 2.1 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.18 million shares. During the session, the Other Industrial Metals & Mining company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $30.20 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $27.31. The 52-week range on SGML shows that it touched its highest point at $43.18 and its lowest point at $21.20 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $47.27.
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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 SGML was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 37.47%, but this was up by 15.43% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.41% while six-month performance fell -25.85%. The stock lost -1.38% in the past year, while it has gained 6.02% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SGML yields -0.77 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.48. For the next quarter, that number is 0.46. This implies an EPS growth rate of 157.07% for this year and 360.46% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 104.71 million SGML shares are outstanding with a float of 92.53 million shares on hand for trading. On Oct 30, 2023, short shares totaled 8.0 million, which was 7.31% higher than short shares on Sep 28, 2023. In addition to Ms. Ana Cabral-Gardner as the firm’s Co-Chairperson & CEO, Mr. Caio Araujo serves as its Chief Financial Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 65.47% of SGML’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company. With a 3.11% stake in SGML, the BlackRock World Mining Fund is the largest stakeholder. A total of 3,405,252 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager. The Núcleo Master FI de Ações, which owns about 1.72% of SGML stock, is the second-largest Mutual Fund holder. It holds 1,882,800 shares valued at 46.03 million. BlackRock Global Funds – Future o holds 0.93% of the stake in SGML, owning 1,013,747 shares worth 24.79 million.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for SGML 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 SGML analysts setting a high price target of $58.67 and a low target of $39.70, the average target price over the next 12 months is $47.27. Based on these targets, SGML could surge 96.09% to reach the target high and rise by 32.69% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 57.99% from current levels.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded SGML stock several times over the past three months with 0 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 0 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 4 while that of sell transactions has risen to 7 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 3,906,000 while 514,000 shares were sold.
