Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE:SU) finished Thursday with an addition of $0.09 to close at $35.22, an upside of 0.26 percent. An average of 5,360,200 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a gain of $1.03 in the past week, and it reached a new high 13 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 5,378,765 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 5,072,858.
SU stock has increased by 3.83% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $33.09 on 08/29/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 09/19/23, shares of the company touched a low of $27.02 and a high of $37.23 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 11 times so far this year and achieved 11.00% or $3.49 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -5.40% from the 52-week high.
Valuation Metrics
Suncor Energy Inc. (SU) has a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 10.48. The stock’s beta is 1.24. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 1.17, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 1.49, and the price-to-cash flow ratio at 9.52.
The company has a payout ratio of 28.73%. The company’s most recent quarterly dividend payment was $0.3930 a share, representing a up of 2.34% from $0.3840 last year. Its latest increase dividend $0.0090 reported on Monday August 14 2023.
Financial Health
The quick ratio of Suncor Energy Inc. for the three months ended June 29 was 0.76, and the current ratio was 1.18, indicating that the company is not able to meet its debt obligations. Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 0.31 and a total debt to equity ratio of 0.42 for the quarter ending June 29. Suncor Energy Inc.’s EBITDA margin for the year ending June 29 is 39.47%, while its operating margin for the same period stands at 15.43%. Its gross profit as reported stood at $27.71 billion compared to revenue of $44.97 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, Suncor Energy Inc.’s return on assets was 6.81%.
Earnings Surprise
For the three-month period that ended June 29, Suncor Energy Inc. had $1.91 billion in total debt. In the quarter under review, the net income was down than the previous quarter. The company posted a net income of $2.22 billion in the quarter, while revenues were shrunk -13.59%. The analyst consensus anticipated Suncor Energy Inc.’s latest quarter earnings to come in at $0.62 per share, but it turned out to be $0.71, a 14.50% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to $2.93 billion.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at Suncor Energy Inc. (SU) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 28 September was 65.83%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 22.92%.
As of today, SU’s price is $34.53 +3.01% or $1.03 from its 5-day moving average. SU is currently trading +2.92% higher than its 20-day SMA and +18.79% higher than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is +20.86% above the SMA50 and +18.99% above the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 65.82% and 47.33%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 0.74. With the 14-day stochastic at 85.20% and the average true range at 0.73, the RSI (14) stands at 64.39%. The stock has reached 0.28 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at 0.30.
Analyst Ratings
TD Securities downgraded Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE: SU) to a a Hold rating in its most recent analyst report. Previously, the stock was rated as a Buy.
