Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) does about 23.85M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 21322483 shares change hands in Monday trading. The company now has a market cap of 6.45B USD. Its current market price is $5.91, marking an increase of 2.07% compared to the previous close of $5.79. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $9.87 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $3.81. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $5.92 and a low of $5.72.
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Southwestern Energy Company (SWN) has a 20-day trading average at $5.82 and the current price is -40.12% off the 52-week high compared with 55.12% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $6.24 and its 200-day simple moving average is $6.97. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 3.85%, which increases to 4.31% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 49.15 to suggest the stock is neutral.
23 analysts observing the Southwestern Energy Company (SWN) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $6.00 and $17.50. The consensus objective for the share price is $10.34, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 42.84% over the period. The median price target is 34.33% away from the current levels at $9.00.
FactSet Research has provided data showing that 23 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 2 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 2 advise that it is a overweight. 9 analysts have rated it as a buy and 9 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Overweight and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Moderate Buy the stock.
Mizuho also downgraded the stock to “Neutral” from Buy on January 10, 2023 at a price target of $11-$9. Citigroup downgraded its price target at $10-$6.50.
The current price level is 1.41%, -5.71%, and -15.33% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the SWN price moving above the 50-day SMA on January 23. Southwestern Energy Company (SWN) stock is down -1.01% over the week and -1.99% over the past month. Its price is 1.03% year-to-date and 39.39% over the past year.
The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 9/29/2022, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of $0.32 above consensus estimates by $0.01. The company’s next earnings report is expected on 04/27/2023, with forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at $0.36 and $1.4 for whole year. SWN’s earnings per share are forecast to grow by 33.30% this year and 50.70% over next year. Expected sales for next quarter are $2.19 billion, which analysts say will come at $9.24 billion for the current fiscal year and next year at $8.74 billion. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $1.89 billion.
Its 12-month price target is $9.00. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 42.84 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $6.00, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $17.50.
Outstanding shares total 1.11B with insiders holding 0.51% of the shares and institutional holders owning 87.39% of the company’s common stock. The company has a return on investment of 32.00% and return on equity of 107.20%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 4.31 while the forward price to earnings ratio is 3.36. The beta has a value of 1.36. Price to book ratio is 4.65 and price to sales ratio is 0.44.
According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund has added its position in Southwestern Energy Company (SWN) to 50,300,594 shares, mirroring a recent increase by 2.65%. Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund added 1.3 million shares of Southwestern Energy Company common stock bringing its total worth to about $294.26 million at the end of recent close, SEC documents show. Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund isn’t the only investment manager who changed stakes and is followed by iShares Core S&P Mid Cap ETF, which sold off 6485.0 shares to end up with 34,047,615 shares worth $199.18 million. Vanguard Total Stock Market Index cut their holdings by -0.01% in the company over the course of the most recent quarter. It now holds a 3.04% position in Southwestern Energy Company thanks to 33.58 million shares amounting to $196.43 million.
