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Pampa Energia SA ADR (NYSE: PAM) closed the day trading at $81.30 down -1.86% from the previous closing price of $82.84. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.86 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.66 million shares were traded. PAM stock price reached its highest trading level at $83.664 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $78.2.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of PAM, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.11 and its Current Ratio is at 2.39. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.55 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.45.
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, Citigroup on November 01, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Neutral and sets its target price to $75 from $58 previously.
On July 03, 2024, Citigroup Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Neutral and also upped its target price recommendation from $51 to $58.
HSBC Securities Upgraded its Reduce to Hold on May 21, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $46.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jan 27 ’25 when Mindlin Marcos Marcelo bought 56,000 shares for $82.87 per share.
Mindlin Marcos Marcelo bought 260,000 shares of PAM for $22,786,400 on Jan 21 ’25. On Jan 07 ’25, another insider, Mindlin Marcos Marcelo, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 15,000 shares for $95.58 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PAM now has a Market Capitalization of 5022665216 and an Enterprise Value of 111392546816. As of this moment, Pampa’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 13.70, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.97. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.66. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.41 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.39. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 61.782 whereas that against EBITDA is 165.41.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PAM is 0.91, which has changed by 0.6694045 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.25219524 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PAM has reached a high of $97.55, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $38.15. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -6.40%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 33.42%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, PAM traded about 290.35K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, PAM traded about 326360 shares per day. A total of 54.39M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 54.34M. Insiders hold about 0.08% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 10.19% stake in the company. Shares short for PAM as of 1736899200 were 321626 with a Short Ratio of 1.11, compared to 1734048000 on 359590. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 321626 and a Short% of Float of 1.1199999999999999.
