Check out these key findings about Sunopta, Inc. (STKL)

With 0.72 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.82 million shares. During the session, the Packaged Foods company that operates in wider Consumer Defensive sector, reached to the highest price of $6.79 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $6.51. The 52-week range on STKL shows that it touched its highest point at $8.56 and its lowest point at $2.79 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $9.71. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.73.

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 STKL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 12.25%, but this was down by -1.62% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 10.95% while six-month performance rose 68.94%. The stock lost -17.10% in the past year, while it has gained 22.30% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for STKL yields -1.53 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.25. For the next quarter, that number is 0.03. This implies an EPS growth rate of 65.00% for this year and 90.66% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 30.00% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -2.87%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 115.95 million STKL shares are outstanding with a float of 111.38 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-04-15, short shares totaled 5.95 million, which was 513.0 higher than short shares on 1710460800. In addition to Mr. Greg Gaba CA, CPA as the firm’s Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Jill Barnett serves as its General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer & Corporate Secretary.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.88944 of STKL’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 2023-12-30, STKL reported revenue of $181624000.0 and operating income of $5598000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $12386000.0 and diluted EPS was -$0.11.

Analysts Ratings:

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