Does Orla Mining Ltd (ORLA) offer a good opportunity for investors?

With 1.21 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.08 million shares. During the session, the Gold company that operates in wider Basic Materials sector, reached to the highest price of $8.7002 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $7.09. The 52-week range on ORLA shows that it touched its highest point at $9.65 and its lowest point at $3.24 during that stretch. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.84.

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 ORLA was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -11.98%, but this was up by 9.15% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 37.63% while six-month performance rose 100.73%. The stock gained 113.21% in the past year, while it has gained 48.56% so far this year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 321.68 million ORLA shares are outstanding with a float of 208.78 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-14, short shares totaled 4.93 million, which was 153.0 higher than short shares on 1739491200. In addition to Mr. Jason Douglas Simpson P.Eng. as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Etienne Morin serves as its Chief Financial Officer.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.49861 of ORLA’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, ORLA reported revenue of $92763000.0 and operating income of $43144000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $55698000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for ORLA since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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.

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 $0.4054 being high and $0.34302 being low. For ORLA, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.35862. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.