Briefing From The Editor -- GFI Stock

By Blake Campbell • Monday, September 30 15:10 • Permanent Link

Gold Fields logged a -5.8% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $15.3 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. GFI's trading volume is 2,712,896 compared to the stock's average volume of 3,323,709.

Gold Fields trades -8.63% away from its average analyst target price of $16.75 per share. The 4 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $14.0 to $20.0, and on average have given Gold Fields a rating of buy.

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

Gold Fields's current price is 61.8% above its Graham number of $9.46, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Gold Fields has moved 56.2% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 33.8%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 0.71, Gold Fields has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 21.6 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
GFI has a forward P/E ratio of 8.4 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $1.82 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.54 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Gold Fields is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.94 compared to its sector average of 2.64
Gold Fields Limited operates as a gold producer with reserves and resources in Chile, South Africa, Ghana, Canada, Australia, and Peru.
Based in Sandton, the company has 6,262 full time employees and a market cap of $13.7 Billion. Gold Fields currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.5%.

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