Daily Progress: Dawson Geophysical Company (DWSN) Drop -11.86, Closing at 1.56

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In the latest session, Dawson Geophysical Company (NASDAQ: DWSN) closed at $1.56 down -11.86% from its previous closing price of $1.77. In other words, the price has decreased by -$11.86 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.77 million shares were traded. DWSN stock price reached its highest trading level at $1.6894 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $1.55.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Dawson Geophysical Company’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.50 and its Current Ratio is at 1.50. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.36 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.17.

Wunderlich reiterated its Hold rating for the stock on October 10, 2014, while the target price for the stock was revised from $24 to $18.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, DWSN now has a Market Capitalization of 48335352 and an Enterprise Value of 52291292. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.82 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.64. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.892 whereas that against EBITDA is -15.321.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for DWSN is 0.08, which has changed by -0.2390244 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12748289 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, DWSN has reached a high of $5.54, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $1.08. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 11.92%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 7.82%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, DWSN has traded an average of 1.05M shares per day and 6583010 over the past ten days. A total of 30.98M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 30.88M. Insiders hold about 0.33% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 88.35% stake in the company. Shares short for DWSN as of 1749772800 were 81470 with a Short Ratio of 0.08, compared to 1747267200 on 84188. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 81470 and a Short% of Float of 1.2999999.