Trane Technologies plc (NYSE:TT) saw an upside of 1.23% to close Friday at $200.45 after adding $2.43 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 784,720 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $205.52 in the past week and touched a new high 1 time within the past 5 days. An average of 1,004,880 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 1,014,126.
TT’s 1-month performance is -0.51% or $3.22 on its low of $197.07 reached on 08/23/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $139.07 and high of $211.58, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 09/12/23. YTD, TT has achieved 19.25% or $32.36 and has reached a new high 18 times. However, the current price is down -5.26% from the 52-week high price.
Insider Transactions
TT stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Sep 05.Magner Mairead (Senior Vice President) most recently sold 4,399 shares at $200.90 per share on Sep 05. This transaction cost the insider $883,749. Senior Vice President, Turtz Evan M, sold 6,108 shares at a price of $205.21 on Aug 08. Then, on Aug 08, Director HUDSON LINDA P sold 3,100 shares at a price of $204.70 per share. This transaction amounted to $634,570.
Valuation Metrics
TT stock has a beta of 1.06. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 2.72 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 7.31, with the price to cash flow ratio at 30.89.
Trane Technologies plc’s quick ratio for the period ended June 29 was 0.77, with the current ratio over the same period at 1.19. As well, the company’s long term debt to equity for the quarter ending June 29 was 0.72, while the total debt to equity was 0.80. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 32.04%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is 17.32% while for the period ending June 29, Trane Technologies plc’s operating margin was 16.01%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $4.96 billion against revenue of $15.99 billion.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending June 29 this year, Net income and sales went up compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income grew 13.12% to $586.2 million, while revenue of $307.1 million was 47.61% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected TT to announce $2.56 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted $2.68, representing a 4.70% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than $973.8 million. TT stock balance sheet for the quarter ending June 29 shows that total liabilities totaled 12.63 billion, with total debt at $5.03 billion. Shareholders hold equity totaling $228.4 million.
Let’s look briefly at Trane Technologies plc (TT) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 22 September was 42.82% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 16.69%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $201.31, reflecting a -1.01% or -$2.04 change from its current price. TT is currently trading +0.55% above its 20-day SMA, +6.79% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by +2.56% and SMA200 by+13.89%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 12.37% and 19.69% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 3.96. The RSI (14) points at 46.13%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 18.46% with the period’s ATR at 3.90. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -3.08 and -3.99 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for Trane Technologies plc (NYSE: TT), HSBC Securities launched coverage with a Buy rating. Analysts offering their rating for TT stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Hold. Currently, 2 brokerage advisors rate TT as a “sell,”, while 12 advise that investors “Hold.” 2 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 2 rates the stock as overweight while 7 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is TT’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $176.00 and a high of $256.00, with their median price target at $212.00. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for Trane Technologies plc (TT) stock is $216.37.
