Stocks of Dorian LPG Ltd (LPG) are poised to climb above their peers

With 0.6 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.96 million shares. During the session, the Oil & Gas Midstream company that operates in wider Energy sector, reached to the highest price of $40.46 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $38.824. The 52-week range on LPG shows that it touched its highest point at $48.24 and its lowest point at $17.95 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $35.36. LPG paid its most recent dividend on 1706832000, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1706832000. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.16.

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 LPG was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.45%, but this was up by 4.47% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -5.69% while six-month performance rose 36.32%. The stock gained 112.02% in the past year, while it has lost -8.57% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LPG yields 7.53 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.85. For the next quarter, that number is 2.31. This implies an EPS growth rate of 85.07% for this year and -37.94% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 40.38 million LPG shares are outstanding with a float of 37.58 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-03-28, short shares totaled 3.31 million, which was 8.1599995 higher than short shares on 1709164800. In addition to Mr. John C. Hadjipateras as the firm’s Chairman of the Board, President & CEO, Mr. Theodore B. Young serves as its CFO, Treasurer and Principal Financial & Accounting Officer.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.64125997 of LPG’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

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 2023-12-31, LPG reported revenue of $163064503.0 and operating income of $110340861.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $139299584.0 and diluted EPS was $2.47.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for LPG 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.