Plains All American Pipeline LP (PAA): A Technical Analysis

Plains All American Pipeline LP (NASDAQ: PAA) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 14.97x compared to its average ratio. PAA has 36-month beta value of 1.60. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 6 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 6 as “overweight,” 11 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”

The public float for PAA is 459.09M, and currently, short sellers hold a 2.36% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of PAA on May 06, 2024 was 3.46M shares.

PAA) stock’s latest price update

Plains All American Pipeline LP (NASDAQ: PAA)’s stock price has gone rise by 1.51 in comparison to its previous close of 17.23, however, the company has experienced a -2.13% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading days. Seeking Alpha reported 2024-05-05 that This Is One Of The Worst Times To Be A Greedy Dividend Investor

PAA’s Market Performance

Plains All American Pipeline LP (PAA) has experienced a -2.13% fall in stock performance for the past week, with a -4.37% drop in the past month, and a 14.54% rise in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.51%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.23% for PAA.. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -2.06% for PAA’s stock, with a 10.63% simple moving average for the past 200 days.

Analysts’ Opinion of PAA

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for PAA stocks, with Scotiabank repeating the rating for PAA by listing it as a “Sector Outperform.” The predicted price for PAA in the upcoming period, according to Scotiabank is $23 based on the research report published on April 08, 2024 of the current year 2024.

Goldman, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see PAA reach a price target of $13.50. The rating they have provided for PAA stocks is “Sell” according to the report published on October 06th, 2023.

Barclays gave a rating of “Underweight” to PAA, setting the target price at $15 in the report published on September 25th of the previous year.

PAA Trading at 0.95% from the 50-Day Moving Average

After a stumble in the market that brought PAA to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -8.09% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 2.23%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.51%, as shares sank -5.77% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +6.00% upper at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, PAA fell by -2.13%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +19.47% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $17.80. In addition, Plains All American Pipeline LP saw 15.45% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.

Insider Trading

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at PAA starting from Goebel Jeremy L., who sale 35,000 shares at the price of $15.58 back on Nov 21 ’23. After this action, Goebel Jeremy L. now owns 279,223 shares of Plains All American Pipeline LP, valued at $545,321 using the latest closing price.

Stock Fundamentals for PAA

Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:

  • 0.03 for the present operating margin
  • 0.04 for the gross margin

The net margin for Plains All American Pipeline LP stands at 0.02. The total capital return value is set at 0.06. Equity return is now at value 10.38, with 3.90 for asset returns.

Based on Plains All American Pipeline LP (PAA), the company’s capital structure generated 0.41 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.33. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.7. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 7.26.

Currently, EBITDA for the company is 2.48 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 0.93. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.31. The receivables turnover for the company is -9.13for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.77. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.97.

Conclusion

To put it simply, Plains All American Pipeline LP (PAA) has had a mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.

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