In the last trading session, 7.52 million shares of the Iamgold Corp. (NYSE:IAG) were traded, and its beta was 1.58. Most recently the company’s share price was $5.16, and it changed around $0.01 or 0.19% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $2.57B. IAG currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $5.31, offering almost -2.91% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $1.99, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 61.43% since then. We note from Iamgold Corp.’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 9.1 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 9.36 million.

Iamgold Corp. stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 2.67. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 13 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 1 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 6 recommended IAG as a Hold, whereas 6 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Iamgold Corp. is expected to report earnings per share of 0.08 for the current quarter.

Iamgold Corp. (NYSE:IAG) trade information

Instantly IAG has showed a green trend with a performance of 0.19% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 5.31 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 2.82%. The company’s shares are currently up 103.95% year-to-date, but still down -0.19% over the last five days. On the other hand, Iamgold Corp. (NYSE:IAG) is 30.63% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 5.42 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 0.48 day(s).

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $3, which translates to bulls needing to decrease their stock price by -72.0% from its current value. Analyst projections state that IAG is forecast to be at a low of $1.65 and a high of $5.

Iamgold Corp. (IAG) estimates and forecasts

Iamgold Corp. share prices are performing particularly well compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have risen 90.41 percent over the past six months and at a 333.33% annual growth rate that is well above the industry average of 21.60%. Moreover, analysts have decided to roll up on their fiscal year 2024 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict that it will gain 900.00% in revenue this quarter, and will report an increase of 50.00% in the next quarter. The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 61.60%, up from the previous year.

Consensus estimates provided by 1 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 351.86M in revenue for the current quarter. 1 analysts expect Iamgold Corp. to make 509.75M in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 233.75M and 297.6M respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 50.50%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 71.30%.

Iamgold Corp. earnings are expected to increase by 363.85% in 2024, but the outlook is positive 40.30% per year for the next five years.

IAG Dividends

Iamgold Corp.’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in September. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 2.05 per year.

Iamgold Corp. (NYSE:IAG)’s Major holders

Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 0.10% of Iamgold Corp. shares, and 64.22% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 64.28%. Iamgold Corp. stock is held by 262.0 institutions, with VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 9.9382% of the shares, which is about 48.63 million shares worth $182.36 million.

DONALD SMITH & CO., INC., with 7.1307% or 34.89 million shares worth $130.84 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.