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After finishing at $1.32 in the prior trading day, Houston American Energy Corp (AMEX: HUSA) closed at $1.38, up 4.55%. In other words, the price has increased by $4.55 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.6 million shares were traded. HUSA stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.43 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.34.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of HUSA by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 10.47 and its Current Ratio is at 10.47. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.01 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.00.
On May 04, 2012, C.K. Cooper Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Hold but kept the price unchanged to $4.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, HUSA now has a Market Capitalization of 21647370 and an Enterprise Value of 12325285. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 33.83 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.53. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 19.78 whereas that against EBITDA is -8.447.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for HUSA is 0.53, which has changed by -0.07042253 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.21659255 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, HUSA has reached a high of $3.20, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $0.96. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.41%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 3.46%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.17M shares per day over the past 3-months and 915830 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 15.69M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 12.05M. Insiders hold about 23.17% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 17.46% stake in the company. Shares short for HUSA as of 1730332800 were 884129 with a Short Ratio of 0.58, compared to 1727654400 on 744897. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 884129 and a Short% of Float of 8.790000000000001.
