ECB Inc. (ECB):
BCE Inc. (ECB) Stock finished at $ 42.99 and a registered variation of -0.44% in Thursday negotiation session. The Company has maintained 897.79 million floating shares and holds 900.75 million shares in circulation. The recent trading activity revealed that the share price fell 10.94% from its minimum of 52 weeks and traded with a variation of -12.37% from the maximum of prints in the last period of 52 weeks.
The current ratio of 0.6 is mainly used to give an idea of the ability of a company to repay its liabilities (debts and payables) with its assets (liquidity, negotiable securities, inventories, credits). As such, the current relationship can be used to make a rough estimate of a company's financial health. The quick ratio of 0.5 is a measure of a company's ability to meet its short-term financial liabilities with fast assets (cash and cash equivalents, short-term marketable securities and credits). The greater the relationship, the greater the financial security of a company in the short term. A common rule of thumb is that companies with a rapid ratio above 1.0 are sufficiently able to meet their short-term liabilities.
The long-term debt / equity shows a value of 1.16 with a total debt / equity of 1.45. It provides investors with the idea of the company's leverage, measured by dividing total liabilities from shareholders' equity. It also illustrates the debt that the company is using to finance its assets in relation to the value represented in equity.
The share price has shifted by -1.42% from the 50 day maximum and 10.94% from the 50 day minimum. Analyze the consensus score is 2.5. For the next one-year period, the average of the individual price target estimates reported by sell-side analysts is $ 47.54.
As profitability was taken into account, the company profit margin was recorded at 11.90% and the operating margin was 22.10%. The company maintained a gross margin of 68.70%. The corporate ownership of the company is 52.90% while the Insiders property is 0.03%. The company maintained the return on investment (ROI) at 10.10% compared to the previous 12 months and was able to maintain the return on invested capital (ROA) at 4.90% in the last twelve months. Return on equity (ROE) registered at 16.80%.
BCE Inc. (ECB) the recent trading volume of the shares is equal to 1457541 shares compared to the average volume of 956.17 K shares. The relative volume observed at 1.52.
The volume can help determine the state of health of an existing trend. A healthy trend should have a greater volume on the ascending legs of the trend and a lower volume on the descending (corrective) legs. A healthy downtrend usually has a greater volume on the descending legs of the tendency and a lower volume on the ascending (corrective) legs.
The earnings per share of the company shows a growth of -6.40% for the current year and is expected to achieve a growth in profits for the next year to 5.12%. The analyst predicted a growth of ESP for the next 5 years to 2.33%. The EPS growth rate of the company in the last five years was -0.40%. The rate of earnings growth for the next few years is an important measure for investors wishing to hold a stock for several years. The company's earnings usually have a direct relationship with the price of the company's shares. The stock recorded sales growth of 2.60% over the last 5 years. The quarter of EPS growth in the quarter is 1.60% and the quarter of sales growth in the quarter is 3.20%.
Moving averages help technical traders track financial assets by mitigating daily price fluctuations or noise. By identifying trends, moving averages allow operators to make sure that trends work in their favor and increase the number of winning operations. The shorter the period of a moving average, the more rapidly it will change with the price action. However, it is more likely to provide less reliable signals than those provided by a longer-term moving average. The longer the period of a moving average, the more slowly it will change with the price action. However, the signals it provides are more reliable.
BCE Inc. (ECB) inventories increased by 2.43% in contrast to the 20-day moving average, showing a short-term stock movement. It moved 5.30% above the 50 day simple moving average. This is showing an optimistic medium-term trend based on SMA 50. The share price grew by 3.14% compared to the 200-day moving average which identified the long-term uptrend.
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