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After finishing at $1.91 in the prior trading day, Profire Energy Inc (NASDAQ: PFIE) closed at $1.54, down -19.32%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$19.32 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.04 million shares were traded. PFIE stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.81 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.33.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of PFIE by taking a closer look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 7.31 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 36.38. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 4.07 and its Current Ratio is at 6.41. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.01 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.00.
Chardan Capital Markets reiterated its Buy rating for the stock on March 13, 2017, while the target price for the stock was revised from $2 to $2.15.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PFIE now has a Market Capitalization of 72767488 and an Enterprise Value of 77056096. As of this moment, Profire’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 7.77, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.58. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.37. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.27 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.25. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.324 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.944.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PFIE is 0.54, which has changed by 0.48449612 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.25590587 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PFIE has reached a high of $3.29, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.11. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -12.14%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -17.43%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 182.01K shares per day over the past 3-months and 159450 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 46.80M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 31.82M. Insiders hold about 32.44% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 44.17% stake in the company. Shares short for PFIE as of 1713139200 were 682678 with a Short Ratio of 3.75, compared to 1710460800 on 783688. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 682678 and a Short% of Float of 1.94.
Earnings Estimates
The current assessment of Profire Energy Inc (PFIE) involves the perspectives of 2.0 analysts closely monitoring its market dynamics.On average, analysts expect EPS of $0.04 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of $0.05 and a low estimate of $0.04, while EPS last year was $0.06. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.05, with high estimates of $0.05 and low estimates of $0.05.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $0.2 and $0.16 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $0.18. EPS for the following year is $0.18, with 1.0 analysts recommending between $0.18 and $0.18.
Revenue Estimates
2 analysts predict $14.5M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $14.7M to a low estimate of $14.3M. As of the current estimate, Profire Energy Inc’s year-ago sales were $14.44MFor the next quarter, 2 analysts are estimating revenue of $15.4M. There is a high estimate of $16.2M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $14.6M.
A total of 2 analysts have provided revenue estimates for PFIE’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $59.5M, while the lowest revenue estimate was $57.4M, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $58.45M. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $58.21MBased on 1 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $64.7M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $64.7M and the low estimate is $64.7M.
