Could ST Microelectronics (NYSE: STM) Be A Life-Changing Stock?

In today’s recent session, 2.18 million shares of the ST Microelectronics (NYSE:STM) have been traded, and its beta is 1.57. Most recently the company’s share price was $28.23, and it changed around -$0.69 or -2.39% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $25.26B. STM at last check was trading at a discount to its 52-week high of $51.27, offering almost -81.62% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $26.62, which indicates that the recent value has risen by an impressive 5.7% since then. We note from ST Microelectronics’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 4.62 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 4.65 million.

ST Microelectronics stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.82. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 1 out of 6 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 1 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 2 recommended STM as a Hold, whereas 2 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. ST Microelectronics is expected to report earnings per share of 0.33 for the current quarter.

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ST Microelectronics (NYSE:STM) trade information

Instantly STM has been showing red trend so far today with a performance of -2.39% on intraday trading today. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 29.17 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 3.22%. The company’s shares are currently down -43.69% year-to-date, but still up 1.18% over the last five days. On the other hand, ST Microelectronics (NYSE:STM) is -2.32% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 8.0 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 1.79 day(s).

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $43.9, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 35.69% from its current value. Analyst projections state that STM is forecast to be at a low of $35 and a high of $65.

ST Microelectronics (STM) estimates and forecasts

ST Microelectronics share prices are performing particularly well not compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have fallen -27.13 percent over the past six months and at a -63.45% annual growth rate that is well below the industry average of -22.30%. Moreover, analysts have decided to roll up on their fiscal year 2024 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict that it will loss -71.60% in revenue this quarter, and will report a decrease of -64.00% in the next quarter. The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be -22.70%, down from the previous year.

Consensus estimates provided by 8 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 3.25B in revenue for the current quarter. 7 analysts expect ST Microelectronics to make 3.4B in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 4.43B and 4.28B respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will drop, forecast at -26.70%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at -20.70%.

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 25.53%. ST Microelectronics earnings are expected to increase by -63.55% in 2024, but the outlook is positive 20.00% per year for the next five years.

STM Dividends

ST Microelectronics’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2024-Oct-31. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 1.06 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.30. It is important to note, however, that the 1.06% 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 0.63 per year.

ST Microelectronics (NYSE:STM)’s Major holders

Upon looking at major shareholders, 7.43% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 7.43%. ST Microelectronics stock is held by 431.0 institutions, with VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 0.7189% of the shares, which is about 6.48 million shares worth $254.39 million.

BLACKROCK INC., with 0.6212% or 5.6 million shares worth $219.81 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.