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In the latest session, Diana Shipping Inc (NYSE: DSX) closed at $1.45 up 5.07% from its previous closing price of $1.38. In other words, the price has increased by $5.07 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.53 million shares were traded.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Diana Shipping Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.52 and its Current Ratio is at 2.58. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.29 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.29.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Jefferies on September 26, 2022, Downgraded its rating to Hold and sets its target price to $5 from $7 previously.
On July 21, 2022, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $7.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 08 ’24 when KONSTANTINOS PSALTIS bought 40,000 shares for $2.49 per share.
Valuation Measures:
As of this moment, Diana’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 22.45, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.37. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.74 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.35.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, DSX has reached a high of $3.07, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.27. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.49%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -25.74%.
Shares Statistics:
A total of 115.77M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 62.72M. Insiders hold about 45.82% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 9.50% stake in the company.
Earnings Estimates
The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0, with high estimates of $0 and low estimates of $0.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.0 and $0.0 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.0. EPS for the following year is $0.4, with 1.0 analysts recommending between $0.4 and $0.4.
