In the last trading session, 13.06 million shares of the Gerdau S.A. ADR (NYSE:GGB) were traded, and its beta was 1.73. Most recently the company’s share price was $3.46, and it changed around -$0.11 or -3.08% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $4.79B. GGB currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $4.13, offering almost -19.36% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $2.92, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 15.61% since then. We note from Gerdau S.A. ADR’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 10.55 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 6.91 million.

Gerdau S.A. ADR stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.18. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 2 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 0 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 1 recommended GGB as a Hold, whereas 1 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Gerdau S.A. ADR is expected to report earnings per share of 0.17 for the current quarter.

Gerdau S.A. ADR (NYSE:GGB) trade information

Instantly GGB has showed a red trend with a performance of -3.08% 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 3.62 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 4.42%. The company’s shares are currently down -14.39% year-to-date, but still down -1.14% over the last five days. On the other hand, Gerdau S.A. ADR (NYSE:GGB) is 4.53% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 6.4 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 1.16 day(s).

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $5, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 30.8% from its current value. Analyst projections state that GGB is forecast to be at a low of $5 and a high of $5.

Gerdau S.A. ADR (GGB) estimates and forecasts

Gerdau S.A. ADR 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 fallen -9.34 percent over the past six months and at a -14.08% annual growth rate that is well above the industry average of -27.40%. Moreover, analysts have decided to roll up on their fiscal year 2024 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict that it will gain 30.80% in revenue this quarter, and will report an increase of 116.70% in the next quarter. The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be -4.90%, down from the previous year.

Consensus estimates provided by 1 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 3.07B in revenue for the current quarter. 1 analysts expect Gerdau S.A. ADR to make 2.84B in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 3.47B and 2.63B respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will drop, forecast at -11.50%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 7.90%.

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 19.48%. Gerdau S.A. ADR earnings are expected to increase by -32.63% in 2024, but the outlook is negative -1.40% per year for the next five years.

GGB Dividends

Gerdau S.A. ADR’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in November. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 2.78 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.10. It is important to note, however, that the 2.78% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 6.77 per year.

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