Prepare Yourself for Liftoff: Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrobras ADR (PBR)

With 9.93 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 15.78 million shares. During the session, the Oil & Gas Integrated company that operates in wider Energy sector, reached to the highest price of $14.5581 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $14.3. The 52-week range on PBR shows that it touched its highest point at $16.66 and its lowest point at $12.45 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $16.62. With its current market cap of 53.55 billion, PBR has annualized dividend of $2.11 while the current yield stands at 14.63%. PBR paid its most recent dividend on 1735257600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1745280000. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.04.

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 PBR was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.57%, but this was up by 0.49% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 13.43% while six-month performance fell -1.24%. The stock gained 0.95% in the past year, while it has gained 11.90% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PBR yields 1.12 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.93. For the next quarter, that number is 0.83. This implies an EPS growth rate of 517.63% for this year and -3.58% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 82.37% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -2.65%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 3.72 billion PBR shares are outstanding with a float of 3.72 billion shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-14, short shares totaled 35.41 million, which was 54.99999999999999 higher than short shares on 1739491200. In addition to Ms. Magda Maria de Regina Chambriard as the firm’s CEO & Non-Independent Director, Ms. Clarice Coppetti serves as its Interim President, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer & Member of Executive Board.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.19906999 of PBR’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 2024-12-31, PBR reported revenue of $nan and operating income of $nan. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $nan and diluted EPS was -$0.431385.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for PBR since 9 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With PBR analysts setting a high price target of 19.0 and a low target of 14.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 16.38507. Based on these targets, PBR could surge 32.04% to reach the target high and fall by -2.71% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 13.86% 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. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $2.56085 being high and $1.95635 being low. For PBR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.17617. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.72 and the low estimate is $0.72. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.72.