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Plains GP Holdings LP (NASDAQ: PAGP) closed the day trading at $19.39 up 1.68% from the previous closing price of $19.07. In other words, the price has increased by $1.68 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.56 million shares were traded. PAGP stock price reached its highest trading level at $19.42 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $19.1.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of PAGP, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 34.36 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 7.19. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.94 and its Current Ratio is at 1.01. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 6.62 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 6.27.
On December 18, 2024, Wells Fargo Downgraded its rating to Equal Weight which previously was Overweight and also lowered its target price recommendation from $22 to $20.
Morgan Stanley Downgraded its Overweight to Equal-Weight on October 25, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $22 to $19.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PAGP now has a Market Capitalization of 4440561664 and an Enterprise Value of 25091248128. As of this moment, Plains’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 26.42, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 12.59. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.57. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.29 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.83. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.501 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.973.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PAGP is 0.63, which has changed by 0.030286908 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12463009 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PAGP has reached a high of $22.31, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $16.60. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 4.70%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 0.27%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, PAGP traded about 1.88M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, PAGP traded about 2007740 shares per day. A total of 197.74M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 192.26M. Insiders hold about 2.77% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 82.85% stake in the company. Shares short for PAGP as of 1749772800 were 8627105 with a Short Ratio of 4.60, compared to 1747267200 on 8110960. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 8627105 and a Short% of Float of 4.4899996.
Dividends & Splits
PAGP’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.40, up from 1.395 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.073151544The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 7.62. The current Payout Ratio is 242.92% for PAGP, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-05-01 with an ex-dividend date of 1746057600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2016-11-16 when the company split stock in a 375:1000 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Its stock is currently analyzed by 1.0 different market analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.42, with high estimates of $0.42 and low estimates of $0.42.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $1.56 and $1.56 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $1.56. EPS for the following year is $1.49, with 3.0 analysts recommending between $1.56 and $1.37.
Revenue Estimates
2 analysts predict $12.87B in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $13.28B to a low estimate of $12.46B. As of the current estimate, Plains GP Holdings LP’s year-ago sales were $12.93BFor the next quarter, 2 analysts are estimating revenue of $13.41B. There is a high estimate of $13.49B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $13.33B.
A total of 2 analysts have provided revenue estimates for PAGP’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $52.47B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $51.96B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $52.22B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $50.07BBased on 3 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $53.4B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $56.4B and the low estimate is $49.71B.
