Natura &Co Holding S.A. (NYSE:NTCO) finished Friday with an addition of $0.03 to close at $7.14, an upside of 0.42 percent. An average of 601,940 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a fall of -$0.04 in the past week, and it reached a new high 14 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 654,870 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 988,742.
NTCO stock has increased by 5.93% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $6.36 on 07/14/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 07/31/23, shares of the company touched a low of $3.61 and a high of $7.68 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 28 times so far this year and achieved 64.90% or $2.81 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -6.97% from the 52-week high.
Valuation Metrics
Natura &Co Holding S.A. (NTCO) stock’s beta is 1.92. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 0.14, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 0.22.
Financial Health
Natura &Co Holding S.A.’s EBITDA margin for the year ending March 30 is 8.69%. Its gross profit as reported stood at $4.49 billion compared to revenue of $7.04 billion.
Earnings Surprise
For the three-month period that ended March 30, Natura &Co Holding S.A. had $173.17 million in cash and short-term investments compared to $142.8 million in total debt. In the quarter under review, the net income was down than the previous quarter. The company posted a net income of -$543.14 million in the quarter, while revenues were grew 136.4%. The analyst consensus anticipated Natura &Co Holding S.A.’s latest quarter earnings to come in at -$0.04 per share, but it turned out to be -$0.18, a -350.00% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to $121.45 million.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at Natura &Co Holding S.A. (NTCO) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 11 August was 49.07%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 23.98%.
As of today, NTCO’s price is $7.07 -0.56% or -$0.04 from its 5-day moving average. NTCO is currently trading +10.19% higher than its 20-day SMA and +43.95% higher than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is +31.73% above the SMA50 and +30.05% above the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 22.64% and 24.88%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 0.23. With the 14-day stochastic at 32.70% and the average true range at 0.23, the RSI (14) stands at 52.38%. The stock has reached -0.14 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at -0.26.
Analyst Ratings
JP Morgan upgraded Natura &Co Holding S.A. (NYSE: NTCO) to a an Overweight rating in its most recent analyst report. Previously, the stock was rated as a Neutral. The consensus rating for Natura &Co Holding S.A. (NTCO) among analysts is Overweight. According to current brokerage recommendations, 0 brokerage firms advise that investors sell NTCO, while 6 suggest investors hold. There are 0 analysts who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 0 analysts, while 4 others rate it as a “buy”.
What is NTCO’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts predict a range of price targets between $5.64 and $10.43, with a median target of $7.49. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for Natura &Co Holding S.A. (NTCO) stock is $7.79.
