Perpetua Resources Corp (NASDAQ: PPTA): A Competitive Analysis And Growth Prospects

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In the last trading session, 2.14 million shares of the Perpetua Resources Corp (NASDAQ:PPTA) were traded, and its beta was 0.74. Most recently the company’s share price was $13.74, and it changed around $1.91 or 16.15% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $979.11M. PPTA currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $13.23, offering almost 3.71% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $4.96, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 63.9% since then. We note from Perpetua Resources Corp’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 1.26 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 962.65K.

Perpetua Resources Corp stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Overweight, based on a mean score of 1.00. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 5 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 3 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 0 recommended PPTA as a Hold, whereas 2 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Perpetua Resources Corp is expected to report earnings per share of -0.02 for the current quarter.

Perpetua Resources Corp (NASDAQ:PPTA) trade information

Instantly PPTA has showed a green trend with a performance of 16.15% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 13.75 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 0.07%. The company’s shares are currently up 28.77% year-to-date, but still up 53.01% over the last five days. On the other hand, Perpetua Resources Corp (NASDAQ:PPTA) is 39.63% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 4.38 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 4.3 day(s).

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $13.25, which translates to bulls needing to decrease their stock price by -3.7% from its current value. Analyst projections state that PPTA is forecast to be at a low of $13.25 and a high of $13.25.

Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 0.00%.

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 13.04%.

PPTA Dividends

Perpetua Resources Corp’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2024-Nov-12.

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

Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 0.55% of Perpetua Resources Corp shares, and 75.49% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 75.91%. Perpetua Resources Corp stock is held by 166.0 institutions, with PAULSON & CO. INC. being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 38.3969% of the shares, which is about 24.77 million shares worth $128.81 million.

KOPERNIK GLOBAL INVESTORS, LLC, with 7.8474% or 5.06 million shares worth $26.33 million as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.