The Current Price For Baytex Energy Corp (NYSE: BTE): And Is It Worth Investing In?

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During the last session, Baytex Energy Corp (NYSE:BTE)’s traded shares were 35.82 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.03. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $1.66, reflecting an intraday gain of 4.40% or $0.07. The 52-week high for the BTE share is $3.96, that puts it down -138.55 from that peak though still a striking 18.07% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $1.36. The company’s market capitalization is $1.28B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 51.64 million shares, and the average trade volume was 40.65 million shares over the past three months.

Baytex Energy Corp (BTE) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 2.20. BTE has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 2 analysts who have looked at this stock. 1 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 0 suggest Overweight, and 1 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 0.11.

Baytex Energy Corp (NYSE:BTE) trade information

Baytex Energy Corp (BTE) registered a 4.40% upside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock spiked 4.40% in intraday trading to $1.66, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -7.78%, and it has moved by -21.33% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is -54.52%. The short interest in Baytex Energy Corp (NYSE:BTE) is 49.02 million shares and it means that shorts have 1.01 day(s) to cover.

Baytex Energy Corp (BTE) estimates and forecasts

In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will decrease -18.88% 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 927.1M as predicted by 1 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 1 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 932.8M by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 984.19M and 1.13B respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to shrink by -5.80% and then drop by -17.68% in the coming quarter.

While earnings are projected to return 22.86% in 2025.

BTE Dividends

Baytex Energy Corp is due to release its next quarterly earnings on 2025-Mar-03. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Baytex Energy Corp is 0.06, with the dividend yield indicating at 3.88 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years. The average dividend yield of the company for the last 5 years is 9.86%.

Baytex Energy Corp (NYSE:BTE)’s Major holders

Baytex Energy Corp insiders own 0.63% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 41.11%, with the float percentage being 41.38%.