Shares of Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling & Finishing Mills company Gerdau jumped 4.3% today. With many investors piling into GGB without a second thought, it may be a good idea to take a closer look at the stock. Here are some quick facts to get you started:
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Gerdau has moved 25.79% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -9.492445%
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GGB has an average analyst rating of buy and is -26.86% away from its mean target price of $7.8 per share
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Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $1.54
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Gerdau has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 3.7 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $0.9 and its forward P/E ratio is 6.34
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.087 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
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Gerdau is part of the Consumer Cyclical sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.33 and an average P/B of 3.12
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