BGC Group Inc. (NASDAQ:BGC) finished Friday with an addition of $0.03 to close at $5.10, an upside of 0.59 percent. An average of 1,187,380 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a gain of $0.10 in the past week, and it reached a new high 16 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 1,334,250 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 1,700,728.
BGC stock has increased by 7.14% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $4.61 on 08/01/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 03/16/23, shares of the company touched a low of $3.14 and a high of $5.51 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 20 times so far this year and achieved 35.28% or $1.33 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -7.44% from the 52-week high.
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Valuation Metrics
BGC Group Inc. (BGC) has a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 47.22. The stock’s beta is 1.66. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 1.40, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 2.63, and the price-to-cash flow ratio at 15.45.
Financial Health
Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 1.55 and a total debt to equity ratio of 1.55 for the quarter ending June 29. Its gross profit as reported stood at $136.12 million compared to revenue of $1.8 billion.
For investors, determining the potential profitability of the investment also depends on the performance of the company’s management. In the past 12 months, BGC Group Inc.’s return on assets was 1.10%.
Earnings Surprise
The analyst consensus anticipated BGC Group Inc.’s latest quarter earnings to come in at $0.19 per share, but it turned out to be $0.2, a 5.30% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to $19.05 million. At the end of the quarter ending June 29, BGC Group Inc.’s stock balance sheet showed total debt was $1.54 billion. Shareholders own equity worth $498.81 million.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at BGC Group Inc. (BGC) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 25 August was 58.21%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 24.66%.
As of today, BGC’s price is $5.06 +2.00% or $0.10 from its 5-day moving average. BGC is currently trading +4.94% higher than its 20-day SMA and +10.39% higher than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is +8.05% above the SMA50 and +29.11% above the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 56.82% and 51.10%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 0.16. With the 14-day stochastic at 56.82% and the average true range at 0.17, the RSI (14) stands at 57.98%. The stock has reached 0.07 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at 0.05.
Analyst Ratings
The consensus rating for BGC Group Inc. (BGC) among analysts is Buy. According to current brokerage recommendations, 0 brokerage firms advise that investors sell BGC, while 0 suggest investors hold. There are 0 analysts who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 0 analysts, while 1 others rate it as a “buy”.
What is BGC’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts predict a range of price targets between $7.50 and $7.50, with a median target of $7.50. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for BGC Group Inc. (BGC) stock is $7.50.
