Perpetua Resources Corp (NASDAQ:PPTA) Is Currently -34.45% Below Its 52-Week High, But Downside Potential Could Surprise You.

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In last trading session, Perpetua Resources Corp (NASDAQ:PPTA) saw 0.7 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 1.03. Company’s recent per share price level of $9.84 trading at $0.38 or 4.02% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $690.43M. That closing price of PPTA’s stock is at a discount of -34.45% from its 52-week high price of $13.23 and is indicating a premium of 61.59% from its 52-week low price of $3.78. Taking a look at company’s average trading volume for last 10-days demonstrates a volume of 0.72 million shares which gives us an average trading volume of 897.23K if we extend that period to 3-months.

For Perpetua Resources Corp (PPTA), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 1.00. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 1 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 0 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 0 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 1 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight. The company is expected to be making an EPS of -0.09 in the current quarter.

Perpetua Resources Corp (NASDAQ:PPTA) trade information

Upright in the green during last session for gaining 4.02%, in the last five days PPTA remained trading in the green while hitting it’s week-highest on Friday, 03/14/25 when the stock touched $9.84 price level, adding 0.3% to its value on the day. Perpetua Resources Corp’s shares saw a change of -7.78% in year-to-date performance and have moved 11.06% in past 5-day. Perpetua Resources Corp (NASDAQ:PPTA) showed a performance of -18.07% in past 30-days. Number of shares sold short was 2.86 million shares which calculate 3.04 days to cover the short interests.

Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 13.25 to the stock, which implies a rise of 25.74% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting 13.25 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 13.25. It follows that stock’s current price would drop -34.65% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a loss of -34.65% for stock’s current value.

Weighing up company’s earnings over the past 5-year and in the next 5-year periods, we find the company posting an annual earnings growth rate of 32.88% during past 5 years. In 2025, company’s earnings growth rate is likely to be around 28.89% while estimates for its earnings growth in next 5 years are of -14.47%.

Perpetua Resources Corp (NASDAQ:PPTA)’s Major holders

Insiders are in possession of 0.55% of company’s total shares while institution are holding 72.44 percent of that, with stock having share float percentage of 72.84%. Investors also watch the number of corporate investors in a company very closely, which is 72.44% institutions for Perpetua Resources Corp that are currently holding shares of the company. PAULSON & CO. INC. is the top institutional holder at PPTA for having 24.77 million shares of worth $128.81 million. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 38.3969 of the company’s outstanding shares.

The second largest institutional holder is KOPERNIK GLOBAL INVESTORS, LLC, which was holding about 5.06 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 7.8474 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $26.33 million.

On the other hand, Sprott Gold Equity Fund and Advisors Inner Circle Fund II-Kopernik Global All Cap Fund are the top two Mutual Funds which own company’s shares. As of Dec 31, 2024 , the former fund manager was holding 2.41 shares of worth $23.73 million or 3.43% of the total outstanding shares. The later fund manager was in possession of 1.13 shares on Oct 31, 2024 , making its stake of worth around $11.16 million in the company or a holder of 1.61% of company’s stock.