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. Most recently, Yahoo Finance reported about the stock as it publicized that CORRECTING and REPLACING Vertex Energy Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results.
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Stocks Info
This NASDAQ-listed company operates within the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing industry segment, falling under the Energy sector. The current market capitalization of Vertex Energy Inc is $125.30M. A total of 1.8 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 2.95M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Stratton Christopher Allen sold 100,000 shares of VTNR for 3.93 per share on Nov 10 ’23. After the transaction, the Director now owns 88,405 company shares. In a previous transaction on May 12 ’23, Rhame James Gary bought 4,000 shares at 6.33 per share. VTNR shares that Chief Operating Officer owns now total 14,648.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Cowart Benjamin P disposed of 66,666 shares on Apr 19 ’23 at a per-share price of $8.00. This resulted in the CEO and President holding 5,450,608 shares of VTNR after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Cowart Benjamin P sold 66,667 shares at $8.29 per share on Apr 11 ’23. Company shares held by the CEO and President now total 5,517,274.
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. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, VTNR has a high of $10.80 and a low of $1.13.
As of this writing, VTNR has an earnings estimate of -$0.17 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 6 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.03 per share and a lower estimate of -$0.38. The company reported an EPS of $0.17 in the last quarter, which was 21.40% higher than expectations of $0.14.
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. VTNR’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $36.13M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $100.25M in debt and $25.78M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $2.10, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $73.51M.
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 VTNR is Buy with a score of 3.33.
