Is Iamgold Corp (NYSE: IAG) Worth It? How Should Investors Deal With It?

During the recent session, Iamgold Corp (NYSE:IAG)’s traded shares were 2.16 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.59. At the last check today, the stock’s price was $5.47, reflecting an intraday loss of -3.87% or -$0.22. The 52-week high for the IAG share is $6.37, that puts it down -16.45 from that peak though still a striking 61.43% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $2.11. The company’s market capitalization is $4.34B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 10.27 million shares, and the average trade volume was 9.21 million shares over the past three months.

Iamgold Corp (IAG) received a consensus recommendation of Hold from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 2.45. IAG has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 14 analysts who have looked at this stock. 9 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 5 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be 0.1.

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Iamgold Corp (NYSE:IAG) trade information

Iamgold Corp (IAG) registered a -3.87% downside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -3.87% in intraday trading to $5.47, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -8.68%, and it has moved by 2.82% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 115.35%. The short interest in Iamgold Corp (NYSE:IAG) is 9.06 million shares and it means that shorts have 1.0 day(s) to cover.

The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $3.88, which implies a decrease of -40.98% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $2.25 and $6.4 respectively. As a result, IAG is trading at a discount of -17.0% off the target high and 58.87% off the low.

Iamgold Corp (IAG) estimates and forecasts

Statistics show that Iamgold Corp has outperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. Iamgold Corp (IAG) shares have gone up 49.45% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate more than the industry average at 488.89% against 21.30. Yet analysts are ramping up their growth forecast for the fiscal year 2024. Revenue is predicted to grow 1,100.00% this quarter and then jump 100.00% in the quarter after that. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 68.00% compared to the previous financial year.

As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 438.91M as predicted by 1 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 1 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 540.18M by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 233.75M and 297.6M respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to grow by 87.80% and then jump by 81.50% in the coming quarter.

While earnings are projected to return 442.39% in 2024, the next five years will return 40.30% per annum.

IAG Dividends

Iamgold Corp is due to release its next quarterly earnings on 2024-Nov-07. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. The average dividend yield of the company for the last 5 years is 2.05%.

Iamgold Corp (NYSE:IAG)’s Major holders

Iamgold Corp insiders own 0.09% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 61.10%, with the float percentage being 61.16%. VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP is the largest shareholder of the company, while 267.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 48.63 million shares (or 9.9382% of all shares), a total value of $182.36 million in shares.

The next largest institutional holding, with 34.89 million shares, is of DONALD SMITH & CO., INC.’s that is approximately 7.1307% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $130.84 million.