Rex Energy (REXX): Today's Weak On High Volume Stock
Trade-Ideas LLC identified
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) as a weak on high relative volume candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Rex Energy as such a stock due to the following factors:
- REXX has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $3.6 million.
- REXX has traded 241,673 shares today.
- REXX is trading at 2.67 times the normal volume for the stock at this time of day.
- REXX is trading at a new low 6.42% below yesterday's close.
'Weak on High Relative Volume' stocks are worth watching because major volume moves tend to indicate underlying activity such as material stock news, analyst downgrades, insider selling, selling from 'superinvestors,' or that hedge funds and traders are piling out of a stock ahead of a catalyst. Regardless of the impetus behind the price and volume action, when a stock moves with strength and volume it can indicate the start of a new trend on which early investors can capitalize (or avoid losses by trimming weak positions). In the event of a well-timed trading opportunity, combining technical indicators with fundamental trends and a disciplined trading methodology should help you take the first steps towards investment success.
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More details on REXX:
Rex Energy Corporation operates as an independent oil, natural gas liquid, and natural gas company in the Appalachian and Illinois basins in the United States. Currently there are 4 analysts that rate Rex Energy a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 9 rate it a hold.
The average volume for Rex Energy has been 1.9 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Rex Energy has a market cap of $127.6 million and is part of the basic materials sector and energy industry. The stock has a beta of 0.74 and a short float of 63.4% with 10.47 days to cover. Shares are down 57.2% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.
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Analysis:
rates Rex Energy as a
. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its feeble growth in its earnings per share, deteriorating net income, generally high debt management risk, disappointing return on equity and weak operating cash flow.
Highlights from the ratings report include:
- REX ENERGY CORP has experienced a steep decline in earnings per share in the most recent quarter in comparison to its performance from the same quarter a year ago. Earnings per share have declined over the last two years. We anticipate that this should continue in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, REX ENERGY CORP reported poor results of -$0.94 versus -$0.03 in the prior year. For the next year, the market is expecting a contraction of 7.4% in earnings (-$1.01 versus -$0.94).
- The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 1991.0% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from $8.08 million to -$152.75 million.
- The debt-to-equity ratio is very high at 2.16 and currently higher than the industry average, implying increased risk associated with the management of debt levels within the company. Along with this, the company manages to maintain a quick ratio of 0.29, which clearly demonstrates the inability to cover short-term cash needs.
- Return on equity has greatly decreased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of major weakness within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry and the overall market, REX ENERGY CORP's return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
- Net operating cash flow has significantly decreased to $8.44 million or 88.03% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing to the industry average, the firm's growth rate is much lower.
- You can view the full Rex Energy Ratings Report.
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