With 0.63 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.38 million shares. The 52-week range on LOMA shows that it touched its highest point at $7.42 and its lowest point at $5.50 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $6.80. With its current market cap of 849.90 million, LOMA has annualized dividend of $0.46 while the current yield stands at 6.38%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.43.
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 LOMA was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.28%, but this was up by 6.42% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 2.00% while six-month performance rose 20.03%. The stock gained 12.02% in the past year, while it has gained 0.56% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LOMA yields 0.35 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.20. For the next quarter, that number is 0.03. This implies an EPS growth rate of 2939.31% for this year and 89.97% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 0.13% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 22.80%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 119.20 million LOMA shares are outstanding with a float of 119.20 million shares on hand for trading. On Feb 29, 2024, short shares totaled 0.38 million, which was 0.54% higher than short shares on Jan 31, 2024. In addition to XOMA as the firm’s XOMA Corporation, LOMA serves as its Loma Negra Compania Industrial.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 19.41% of LOMA’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for LOMA 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.
