After Hours
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. Yahoo Finance discussed the stock recently as it posted CORRECTING and REPLACING Vertex Energy Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results.
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Stocks Info
The company is listed on the NASDAQ and operates within the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing industry segment. At the end of the last regular session, the stock closed at $1.40 and fluctuated between $1.4700 as its day high and $1.3500 as its day low. The current market capitalization of Vertex Energy Inc is $130.91M. A total of 1.74 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 2.92M 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.
It has been observed that price targets are rarely accurate, but they can exert some influence from time to time, and are often accepted as valuable in the market. 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 -$0.16 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
An equity investor’s investment can be viewed on a balance sheet by looking at what assets and liabilities the company has. Investors can determine the company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. 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
There may be slightly higher risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading than during regular market hours. Due to the fact that issuers often announce critical financial information outside of regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities. 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.
