Iamgold Corp. (NYSE:IAG) finished Friday with an addition of $0.03 to close at $2.15, an upside of 1.42 percent. An average of 4,125,640 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a fall of -$0.11 in the past week, and it reached a new high 43 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 3,319,205 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 3,010,172.
IAG stock has decreased by -12.96% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $2.02 on 09/27/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 05/04/23, shares of the company touched a low of $1.00 and a high of $3.34 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 17 times so far this year and lost -16.67% or -$0.43 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -35.53% from the 52-week high.
Valuation Metrics
Iamgold Corp. (IAG) stock’s beta is 1.49. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 0.78, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 0.47.
Financial Health
The quick ratio of Iamgold Corp. for the three months ended June 29 was 1.87, and the current ratio was 2.38, indicating that the company is able to meet its debt obligations. Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 0.42 and a total debt to equity ratio of 0.43 for the quarter ending June 29. Its gross profit as reported stood at $147.9 million compared to revenue of $958.8 million.
For investors, determining the potential profitability of the investment also depends on the performance of the company’s management. In the past 12 months, Iamgold Corp.’s return on assets was -6.73%.
Earnings Surprise
For the three-month period that ended June 29, Iamgold Corp. had $2.3 million in total debt. In the quarter under review, the net income was up than the previous quarter. The company posted a net income of -$412.6 million in the quarter, while revenues were grew 93.17%. The analyst consensus anticipated Iamgold Corp.’s latest quarter earnings to come in at -$0.01 per share, but it turned out to be -$0.01, a 0.00% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to $48.7 million.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at Iamgold Corp. (IAG) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 29 September was 39.01%, suggesting the stock is Neutral, with historical volatility in this time frame at 36.30%.
As of today, IAG’s price is $2.12 -4.87% or -$0.11 from its 5-day moving average. IAG is currently trading -12.60% lower than its 20-day SMA and -33.64% lower than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is -24.03% below the SMA50 and +9.14% above the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 16.01% and 12.06%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 0.11. With the 14-day stochastic at 22.47% and the average true range at 0.11, the RSI (14) stands at 40.53%. The stock has reached -0.11 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at -0.18.
Analyst Ratings
RBC Capital Mkts upgraded Iamgold Corp. (NYSE: IAG) to a a Sector perform rating in its most recent analyst report. Previously, the stock was rated as an Underperform. The consensus rating for Iamgold Corp. (IAG) among analysts is Hold. According to current brokerage recommendations, 2 brokerage firms advise that investors sell IAG, while 6 suggest investors hold. There are 0 analysts who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 1 analysts, while 3 others rate it as a “buy”.
What is IAG’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts predict a range of price targets between $2.60 and $4.10, with a median target of $3.25. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for Iamgold Corp. (IAG) stock is $3.30.
