ESAB Corp (ESAB) Shares on the Decline: Short-term Analysis

ESAB Corp [ESAB] stock is trading at $112.87, down -8.37%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The ESAB shares have lost -5.61% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -6.83%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

ESAB Corp [NYSE: ESAB] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 01, 2025, when UBS upgraded its rating to a Buy and also boosted its price target to $147 from $123. Previously, Evercore ISI upgraded its rating to In-line on February 24, 2025, and dropped its price target to $120. On December 12, 2024, Jefferies initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $160 on the stock. Stifel downgraded its rating to a Hold and decreased its price target to $130 on November 18, 2024. Evercore ISI downgraded its rating to a Underperform and raised its price target to $122 on November 13, 2024. Oppenheimer started tracking with a Outperform rating for this stock on June 20, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $115. In a note dated March 18, 2024, JP Morgan upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $111 to $125.

ESAB Corp [ESAB] stock has fluctuated between $88.54 and $135.97 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $120 within the next 12 months. ESAB Corp [NYSE: ESAB] shares were valued at $112.87 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 6.32% based on the average ESAB price forecast.

Analyzing the ESAB fundamentals

ESAB Corp [NYSE:ESAB] reported sales of 2.74B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -2.70%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.37% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.17%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.14%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.1%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.07, Equity is 0.15 and Total Capital is 0.13. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.66.

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 110.93 points at the first support level, and at 108.98 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 116.59, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 120.31.

Ratios To Look Out For

For context, ESAB Corp’s Current Ratio is 1.82. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.18, while the Cash Ratio is 0.39. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.49, the price to book ratio is 3.86 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 26.01.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Teirlinck Didier P, Director, that happened on Mar 10 ’25 when 1611.0 shares were sold. Director, Teirlinck Didier P completed a deal on Mar 10 ’25 to buy 1611.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Vinnakota Rajiv sold 2127.0 shares on Feb 28 ’25.

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