At the time of writing, Summit Materials Inc [SUM] stock is trading at $38.59, up 2.12%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The SUM shares have gain 4.13% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.80%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
3 Tiny Stocks Primed to Explode
The world's greatest investor — Warren Buffett — has a simple formula for making big money in the markets. He buys up valuable assets when they are very cheap. For stock market investors that means buying up cheap small cap stocks like these with huge upside potential.
We've set up an alert service to help smart investors take full advantage of the small cap stocks primed for big returns.
Click here for full details and to join for free
Sponsored
From an analyst’s perspective:
Summit Materials Inc [NYSE: SUM] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on August 26, 2024, when Morgan Stanley initiated its Overweight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $51. Previously, Wolfe Research upgraded its rating to Outperform on May 15, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $49. RBC Capital Mkts downgraded its rating to a Sector Perform and decreased its price target to $38 on January 12, 2024. Seaport Research Partners upgraded its rating to a Buy but $47 remained the price target by the analyst firm on October 24, 2023. Wolfe Research downgraded its rating to Peer Perform for this stock on September 08, 2023. In a note dated July 24, 2023, Exane BNP Paribas downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock but restated the target price of $38.
For the past year, the stock price of Summit Materials Inc fluctuated between $30.83 and $44.89. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $46.78 within the next 12 months. Summit Materials Inc [NYSE: SUM] shares were valued at $38.59 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 21.22% based on the average SUM price forecast.
Analyzing the SUM fundamentals
According to Summit Materials Inc [NYSE:SUM], the company’s sales were 3.38B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 53.37% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.22% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.12%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.11%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.08%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.08 and Total Capital is 0.05. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.65.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 38.02 points at the first support level, and at 37.44 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 38.94, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 39.28.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Summit Materials Inc [NYSE:SUM] has a current ratio of 2.62. Also, the Quick Ratio is 2.01, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.94. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.01, the price to book ratio is 1.56 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 17.96.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Ghelani Kekin, Officer, that happened on Oct 01 ’24 when 17936.0 shares were purchased., Kilgore Jason completed a deal on May 13 ’24 to sell 50589.0 shares.
