Currently, Sotera Health Co [SHC] is trading at $13.20, up 0.92%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The SHC shares have lost -0.45% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -4.90%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Sotera Health Co [NASDAQ: SHC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 06, 2024, when Goldman initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $14. Previously, Piper Sandler started tracking the stock with Neutral rating on May 21, 2024, and set its price target to $13. On April 03, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $16 on the stock. Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $15.50 on March 25, 2024. KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on June 26, 2023, but kept the price target unchanged to $24. In a note dated January 23, 2023, JP Morgan upgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $6 to $18.
This stock has fluctuated between a low of $10.71 and a high of $17.44 over the last 52 weeks. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $16 within the next 12 months. Sotera Health Co [NASDAQ: SHC] shares were valued at $13.20 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 21.21% based on the average SHC price forecast.
Analyzing the SHC fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Sotera Health Co [NASDAQ:SHC] were 1.12B which represents 8.47% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.51% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.31%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.12%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.16 and Total Capital is 0.12. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of4.75.
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 13.00 points at the first support level, and at 12.81 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 13.41, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 13.63.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Sotera Health Co [NASDAQ:SHC] is 2.88. Also, the Quick Ratio is 2.59, while the Cash Ratio stands at 1.57. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.34, the price to book ratio is 7.95 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 53.18.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved WARBURG PINCUS & CO., Director, that happened on Sep 06 ’24 when 15.0 million shares were sold. Director, WARBURG PINCUS & CO. completed a deal on Sep 06 ’24 to sell 15.0 million shares. Meanwhile, Director GTCR INVESTMENT XI LLC sold 10.0 million shares on Sep 06 ’24.
