Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL (NYSE:ELP) finished Friday with an addition of $0.13 to close at $8.89, an upside of 1.48 percent. An average of 853,940 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a gain of $0.26 in the past week, and it reached a new high 12 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 612,265 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 443,518.
ELP stock has increased by 3.86% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $8.40 on 08/21/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 08/11/23, shares of the company touched a low of $5.46 and a high of $9.05 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 17 times so far this year and achieved 23.64% or $1.70 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -1.77% from the 52-week high.
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Valuation Metrics
Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL (ELP) has a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 112.53. The stock’s beta is 0.79. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 1.19, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 5.56.
The company has a payout ratio of 238.20%. The company’s most recent quarterly dividend payment was $0.5370 a share, representing a up of 667.14% from $0.07 last year. Its latest increase dividend $0.4670 reported on Thursday April 14 2022.
Financial Health
The quick ratio of Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL for the three months ended March 30 was 1.40, and the current ratio was 1.50, indicating that the company is able to meet its debt obligations. Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 0.65 and a total debt to equity ratio of 0.76 for the quarter ending March 30. Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL’s EBITDA margin for the year ending March 30 is 20.43%, while its operating margin for the same period stands at 15.20%. Its gross profit as reported stood at $564.88 million compared to revenue of $4.25 billion.
Earnings Surprise
The analyst consensus anticipated Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL’s latest quarter earnings to come in at $0.19 per share, but it turned out to be $0.05, a -73.70% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to $227.29 million.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL (ELP) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 25 August was 59.41%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 22.75%.
As of today, ELP’s price is $8.74 +3.01% or $0.26 from its 5-day moving average. ELP is currently trading +2.89% higher than its 20-day SMA and +33.89% higher than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is +10.57% above the SMA50 and +15.91% above the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 68.21% and 56.58%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 0.21. With the 14-day stochastic at 75.38% and the average true range at 0.21, the RSI (14) stands at 58.12%. The stock has reached 0.14 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at 0.09.
Analyst Ratings
UBS upgraded Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL (NYSE: ELP) to a a Buy rating in its most recent analyst report. Previously, the stock was rated as a Neutral. The consensus rating for Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL (ELP) among analysts is Buy. According to current brokerage recommendations, 0 brokerage firms advise that investors sell ELP, while 0 suggest investors hold. There are 0 analysts who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 0 analysts, while 3 others rate it as a “buy”.
What is ELP’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts predict a range of price targets between $8.41 and $12.05, with a median target of $10.47. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL (ELP) stock is $10.31.
