Assessing Petróleo Brasileiro – Technicals vs. Fundamentals

By Kim Brooks • Friday, April 19 15:14 • Permanent Link

Petróleo Brasileiro logged a 4.9% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $16.34 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -1.0%. PBR's trading volume is 23,482,271 compared to the stock's average volume of 20,710,890.

Petróleo Brasileiro trades -4.64% away from its average analyst target price of $17.14 per share. The 11 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $13.4 to $21.2, and on average have given Petróleo Brasileiro a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in PBR, you'll want to know the following:

Petróleo Brasileiro has moved 34.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 21.2%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 3.51, Petróleo Brasileiro has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 4.7 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
PBR has a forward P/E ratio of 5.0 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $3.25 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of -0.52 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Petróleo Brasileiro is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 0.56 compared to its sector average of 1.78
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras explores, produces, and sells oil and gas in Brazil and internationally.
Based in Rio de Janeiro, the company has 46,730 full time employees and a market cap of $105.5 Billion. Petróleo Brasileiro currently returns an annual dividend yield of 40.2%.

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