The stock of PagSeguro Digital Ltd. (NYSE:PAGS) decreased by -$0.38 on Monday to finish at $9.30, down -3.93 percent. The last five days have seen an average of 3,901,200 shares of common stock traded. 16 times new highs were reached in the current year, with a gain of $0.56. The average number of shares traded over the last 20 days was 4,106,495, while the average volume over the last 50 days totaled 5,007,358.
PAGS stock dropped -1.48% since last month. On 08/14/23, the company’s shares reached a one-month low of $9.19. The stock touched a high of $19.49 on 05/23/23, after rallying from a low of $7.51 in 52 weeks. The price of PAGS stock has risen by 6.41% or $0.56 this year, reaching a new high 16 times. Still, the stock price is down -52.28% from the 52-week high.
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Valuation Metrics
PagSeguro Digital Ltd. (PAGS) has a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 9.83. Beta for the stock is 1.61. There are also a few other valuation ratios worth considering, including the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio of 0.97, the price-to-book (PB) ratio of 1.21.
Financial Health
For the three months ended March 30, PagSeguro Digital Ltd.’s quick ratio was 1.50, while its current ratio was 1.50, indicating its ability to pay off its debt. The company’s long-term debt to equity ratio for the quarter ending March 30 is 0.01, and the total debt to equity ratio is 0.02. As far as profitability goes, gross margin for the trailing twelve months is 51.10% percent. PagSeguro Digital Ltd.’s EBITDA margin for the year ended March 30 was 40.93%, whereas its operating margin stood at 35.40% for the same period. Based on annual data, it had gross profit of $1.52 billion and revenue of $2.97 billion.
Investors will also look at the performance of the company’s management in order to determine the potential profitability of their investment. PAGS’s return on assets (ROA) during the last 12 months has been 3.60%. There was a 42.20% return on investment (ROI) in the past year. In the meantime, the return on equity (ROE) for the last 12 months was 13.00%.
Earnings Surprise
According to PagSeguro Digital Ltd.’s quarterly financial report for the quarter that ended March 30. A lower net income was reported in the quarter under review than the previous quarter. Net income for the quarter came in at $2.91 billion, while revenues rose by 31.86% to $0.0. It was predicted that PagSeguro Digital Ltd.’s quarterly earnings would be $0.25, but it ended up being $0.23, beating the consensus by 8.70%. EBITDA was $317.36 million for the quarter. At the end of PagSeguro Digital Ltd.’s most recent quarter ended March 30, its liabilities totaled 5.96 billion, while its total debt was $327.44 million.
Technical Picture
Here’s a quick look at PagSeguro Digital Ltd.’s (PAGS) price momentum from a technical perspective. As of 14 August, the RSI 9-day stood at 32.19%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with a 40.62% historical volatility rate.
The stochastic %K and %D were 4.69% and 10.82% respectively, while the average true range (ATR) was 0.53. Based on the 14-day stochastic reading of 4.40%, the RSI (14) reading is 38.83%. On the 9-day MACD Oscillator, the stock is at -0.50, and the 14-day reading is at -0.80.
Analyst Ratings
In its most recent analyst report, UBS raised its rating on PagSeguro Digital Ltd. (NYSE: PAGS) to a Buy. Prior to this, analysts firm rated the stock as a Neutral. Analysts have assigned PagSeguro Digital Ltd. (PAGS) an Overweight rating. PAGS is a stock that is recommended for selling by 2 brokerage firms, while 9 companies recommend holding. The stock is underweighted by 0 analysts. Among the analysts who rate the stock, 1 rate it overweight and 9 others recommend it as a buy.
What is PAGS’s price target for the next 12 months?
The current consensus forecast for the stock is between $39.87 and $85.16, with a median target price of $62.95. In analyzing these forecasts, the average price target given by analysts for PagSeguro Digital Ltd. (PAGS) is $61.32.
