Hostess Brands (TWNK):
Price lowered -8.42% from its 50 Day high and distanced at 11.40% from 50 Day low. Analyses consensus rating score stands at 2.6. For the next one year period, the average of the individual price target stated by the sell-sell analysts is $ 13.11.
Hostess Brands (TWNK) exposed to change of 0.46% pushing the price on the $ 10.99 per share in recent trading session ended on Wednesday. 11.40% off from its 52-week low and traded with a move of -28.45% from high-print to the last 52-week period. The Company kept 94.61M Floating Shares and holds 101.96M shares outstanding.
The company's earnings for share shows growth of 98.00% for the current year and 22.98%. Analyst projected EPS growth for the next 5 years at5.77%. Stock for several years. The company's earnings will be a direct relationship to the price of the company's stock. EPS growth quarter over quarter stands at -14.90% and Sales growth quarter over quarter at 9.70%.
As a short look on profitability, the firm profit margin was 27.70%, and operating margin was noted at 24.50%. The company maintained at Gross Margin of 33.60%. The Insiders ownership is 0.70%. Company has kept return on investment (ROI) at 8.80% over the previous 12 months and has been able to maintain return on assets (ROA) at 7.80% for the last twelve months. Return on equity (ROE) recorded at 19.80%.
Hostess Brands (TWNK) stock recent traded volume stands with 517064 shares as compared to its average volume of 1024.81K shares. The relative volume observed at 0.5.
Liquidity Indicator:
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Its debt ratio with its assets (cash, marketable securities, inventory, accounts receivable). As such, a current ratio can be used as a rough estimate of a company's financial health. The quick ratio of 1.8 is a measure of how well it can meet its short-term financial liabilities with quick assets (cash and cash equivalents, short-term marketable securities, and accounts receivable). The higher the ratio, the more financially secure the company is in the short term. A common law of thumb is that companies are able to meet their short-term liabilities.
A long term debt / equity shows a value of 0.82 with a total debt / equity of 0.83. It gives the investors the idea on the company's financial leverage, measured by apportioning total liabilities by its stockholders equity. It also illustrates how much debt is used in equity.
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Hostess Brands (TWNK) stock moved down -1.75% in contrast to its 20 days moving average displaying short-term negative movement of stock. It shifted -0.11% below its 50-day simple moving average. This is showing medium-term bearish trend based on SMA 50. The stock price went underground -12.82% from its 200-day simple moving average identifying long-term down trend.
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