After Hours
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. After-hours trades for Golden Ocean Group Limited (GOGL) shows that investor sentiment remained intact, with the stock’s consolidated last price rising by $0.01, or 0.13%, to $7.69. The Golden Ocean Group Limited has recorded 80,447 volume in the after hours trading session. The stock was recently discussed on Yahoo Finance as it revealed that GOGL – Invitation to presentation of Q3 2023 Results.
Stocks Info
This NASDAQ-listed company operates within the Marine Shipping industry segment, falling under the Industrials sector. The current market capitalization of Golden Ocean Group Limited is $1.53B. A total of 1.55 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.37M shares.
Insider trades can also provide insight into a stock’s future direction. During the recent three months, GOGL has seen 0 BUY and 0 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 0 and the disposition of 0 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 18 BUYs and 0 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 1,920,328 shares during that period but sold 0.
Dividend
The income generated by dividends is an indication that a company is improving its financial position, which is why investors prefer companies paying dividends. Golden Ocean Group Limited pays an annual dividend of $0.42, resulting in a dividend yield of 5.53%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 7.75. GOGL’s most recent ex-dividend date was 9/8/2023 when it declared a $0.10 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 9/19/2023. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 6/6/2023 with an ex-dividend date of 5/25/2023. The GOGL stock dividend was $0.10 per share in cash.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for GOGL in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $10.21 with high estimates of $13.26 and low estimates of $7.10. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, GOGL has a high of $10.58 and a low of $6.89.
As of this writing, GOGL has an earnings estimate of $0.06 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 3 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.09 per share and a lower estimate of $0.02.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects. GOGL’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $197.03M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $1.42B in debt and $248.07M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $9.40, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $1.93B.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for GOGL is Buy with a score of 5.00.
