Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras (PBR) Is Today's Dead Cat Bounce Stock
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Trade-Ideas LLC identified
Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras
(
) as a "dead cat bounce" (down big yesterday but up big today) candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras as such a stock due to the following factors:
- PBR has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $234.2 million.
- PBR has traded 299,918 shares today.
- PBR is up 3.4% today.
- PBR was down 7.1% yesterday.
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More details on PBR:
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras operates as an integrated oil and gas company in Brazil and internationally. PBR has a PE ratio of 3.2. Currently there is 1 analyst that rates Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 7 rate it a hold.
The average volume for Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras has been 41.8 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras has a market cap of $35.2 billion and is part of the basic materials sector and energy industry. Shares are down 22.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.
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Analysis:
rates Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and attractive valuation levels. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including disappointing return on equity, weak operating cash flow and poor profit margins.
Highlights from the ratings report include:
- The revenue growth came in higher than the industry average of 19.6%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 3.8%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
- The debt-to-equity ratio is somewhat low, currently at 0.84, and is less than that of the industry average, implying that there has been a relatively successful effort in the management of debt levels. Along with the favorable debt-to-equity ratio, the company maintains an adequate quick ratio of 1.30, which illustrates the ability to avoid short-term cash problems.
- PETROBRAS-PETROLEO BRASILIER's earnings per share declined by 21.7% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. Stable earnings per share over the past year indicate the company has sound management over its earnings and share float. However, the consensus estimates suggest that there will be an upward trend in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, PETROBRAS-PETROLEO BRASILIER's EPS of $1.70 remained unchanged from the prior years' EPS of $1.70. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($2.61 versus $1.70).
- Net operating cash flow has decreased to $6,413.00 million or 18.05% when compared to the same quarter last year. In conjunction, when comparing current results to the industry average, PETROBRAS-PETROLEO BRASILIER has marginally lower results.
- The company's current return on equity has slightly decreased from the same quarter one year prior. This implies a minor weakness in the organization. In comparison to the other companies in the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry and the overall market, PETROBRAS-PETROLEO BRASILIER's return on equity is significantly below that of the industry average and is below that of the S&P 500.
- You can view the full Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras Ratings Report.
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