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Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. ADR (NYSE: UGP) closed the day trading at $3.01 down -4.14% from the previous closing price of $3.14. In other words, the price has decreased by -$4.14 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.79 million shares were traded. UGP stock price reached its highest trading level at $3.11 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $3.0.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of UGP, 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 6.01 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 10.68. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.26 and its Current Ratio is at 1.76. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.99 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.80.
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, Goldman on January 31, 2025, Upgraded its rating to Buy and sets its target price to $3.20 from $4.10 previously.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, UGP now has a Market Capitalization of 3304377856 and an Enterprise Value of 16525996032. As of this moment, Ultrapar’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 8.36, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.51. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.86. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.13 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.22. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.121 whereas that against EBITDA is 3.297.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for UGP is 1.06, which has changed by -0.2799043 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.10611236 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, UGP has reached a high of $4.51, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $2.53. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.29%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -3.03%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, UGP traded about 2.00M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, UGP traded about 2257690 shares per day. Shares short for UGP as of 1749772800 were 4876444 with a Short Ratio of 2.58, compared to 1747267200 on 5704087. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4876444 and a Short% of Float of 0.64.
Dividends & Splits
UGP’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.12, up from 0.7 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.22292992The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.11. The current Payout Ratio is 27.24% for UGP, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-03-10 with an ex-dividend date of 1741564800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2019-04-25 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
