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The price of Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina Sociedad Anonima ADR (NYSE: LOMA) closed at $11.29 in the last session, down -5.44% from day before closing price of $11.94. In other words, the price has decreased by -$5.44 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.87 million shares were traded. LOMA stock price reached its highest trading level at $11.736 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $11.1219.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at LOMA’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.41 and its Current Ratio is at 1.29. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.26 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.19.
On April 04, 2024, UBS Downgraded its rating to Sell which previously was Neutral and also lowered its target price recommendation from $6 to $5.
Morgan Stanley Upgraded its Underweight to Equal-Weight on August 27, 2020, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $6.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LOMA now has a Market Capitalization of 1556112128 and an Enterprise Value of 181582069760. As of this moment, Loma’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 13.83, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.27. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.39 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.79. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.705 whereas that against EBITDA is 2.967.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LOMA is 1.25, which has changed by 0.8685446 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.21313763 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, LOMA has reached a high of $13.79, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $5.70. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -6.55%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 28.02%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, LOMA traded on average about 733.73K shares per day over the past 3-months and 381790 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 119.20M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 119.18M. Insiders hold about 0.02% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 19.39% stake in the company. Shares short for LOMA as of 1738281600 were 772813 with a Short Ratio of 0.86, compared to 1735603200 on 605532. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 772813 and a Short% of Float of 1.38.
