Equitrans Midstream Corporation (NYSE:ETRN) saw a downside of -2.42% to close Tuesday at $9.29 after subtracting -$0.23 on the day. The 5-day average trading volume is 3,548,220 shares of the company’s common stock. It has gained $9.77 in the past week and touched a new high 1 time within the past 5 days. An average of 3,512,045 shares of the company has been traded in the last 20 days, and the 50-day average volume stands at 4,664,122.
ETRN’s 1-month performance is -3.73% or -$0.36 on its low of $9.20 reached on 09/11/23. The company’s shares have touched a 52-week low of $4.60 and high of $10.48, with the stock’s rally to the 52-week high happening on 07/28/23. YTD, ETRN has achieved 38.66% or $2.59 and has reached a new high 13 times. However, the current price is down -11.35% from the 52-week high price.
Insider Transactions
ETRN stock investors last saw insider trading activity on Mar 24.BAILEY VICKY A (Director) most recently sold 2,440 shares at $5.09 per share on Mar 24. This transaction cost the insider $12,420.
Valuation Metrics
ETRN stock has a beta of 1.94. Moving on to other valuation ratios, the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio is 2.91 while the price-to-book (PB) in the most recent quarter is 4.23, with the price to cash flow ratio at 9.01.
Equitrans Midstream Corporation’s quick ratio for the period ended June 29 was 0.90, with the current ratio over the same period at 0.90. As well, the company’s long term debt to equity for the quarter ending June 29 was 4.23, while the total debt to equity was 4.23.. In terms of profitability, the gross margin trailing 12 months is 62.40%. The trailing 12-month EBITDA margin is 79.15% while for the period ending June 29, Equitrans Midstream Corporation’s operating margin was 50.87%. The firm’s gross profit as reported stood at $737.59 million against revenue of $1.36 billion.
Earnings Surprise
For the quarterly period ending June 29 this year, Net income and sales went down compared to those figures reported in the previous quarter. Net income shrunk -4.96% to $52.62 million, while revenue of $87.05 million was -65.43% off the previous quarter. Analysts expected ETRN to announce $0.11 per share in earnings in its latest quarter, but it posted $0.12, representing a 9.10% surprise. EBITDA for the quarter stood at more than $215.77 million. ETRN stock balance sheet for the quarter ending June 29 shows that total liabilities totaled 9.31 billion, with total debt at $6.91 billion. Shareholders hold equity totaling $433.26 million.
Let’s look briefly at Equitrans Midstream Corporation (ETRN) price momentum from a technical analysis perspective. The 9-day relative strength index as at close on 26 September was 39.55% to suggest the stock is trending Neutral, with historical volatility in this time period at 25.16%.
The stock’s 5-day moving average is $9.44, reflecting a -4.42% or -$0.43 change from its current price. ETRN is currently trading -3.73% above its 20-day SMA, +85.43% above its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is away from the SMA50 by +3.57% and SMA200 by+27.61%.
Stochastic %K and %D was 40.98% and 42.37% and the average true range (ATR) pointed at 0.26. The RSI (14) points at 42.85%, while the 14-day stochastic is at 14.75% with the period’s ATR at 0.26. The stock’s 9-day MACD Oscillator is pointing at -0.06 and -0.05 on the 14-day charts.
Analyst Ratings
In the most recent analyst report for Equitrans Midstream Corporation (NYSE: ETRN), Morgan Stanley upgraded it to an Overweight rating. They previously had an Underweight rating on the stock. Analysts offering their rating for ETRN stock have a consensus rating for the stock as Overweight. Currently, 0 brokerage advisors rate ETRN as a “sell,”, while 6 advise that investors “Hold.” 1 analysts have rated the stock as underweight. 1 rates the stock as overweight while 4 have offered a “buy” rating.
What is ETRN’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts have a consensus price target ranging from a low of $9.00 and a high of $14.00, with their median price target at $11.00. Looking at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts is for Equitrans Midstream Corporation (ETRN) stock is $11.22.
