In the past week, SFNC stock has gone up by 7.82%, with a monthly gain of 8.37% and a quarterly surge of 12.29%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.91%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.35% for Simmons First National Corp. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 7.06% for SFNC’s stock, with a simple moving average of 21.61% for the last 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Simmons First National Corp. (NASDAQ: SFNC) Right Now?
Simmons First National Corp. (NASDAQ: SFNC) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 19.45x compared to its average ratio. SFNC has 36-month beta value of 0.89. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 4 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
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The public float for SFNC is 123.38M, and currently, short sellers hold a 2.02% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of SFNC on October 18, 2024 was 571.66K shares.
SFNC) stock’s latest price update
Simmons First National Corp. (NASDAQ: SFNC)’s stock price has gone decline by 0.00 in comparison to its previous close of 23.30, however, the company has experienced a 7.82% increase in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2024-10-17 that Simmons First National (SFNC) is seeing favorable earnings estimate revision activity and has a positive Zacks Earnings ESP heading into earnings season.
Analysts’ Opinion of SFNC
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for SFNC stocks, with Piper Sandler repeating the rating for SFNC by listing it as a “Underweight.” The predicted price for SFNC in the upcoming period, according to Piper Sandler is $26 based on the research report published on May 09, 2022 of the previous year 2022.
Raymond James gave a rating of “Outperform” to SFNC, setting the target price at $19 in the report published on June 17th of the previous year.
SFNC Trading at 10.79% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought SFNC to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -1.60% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.35%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.91%, as shares surge +5.57% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +20.48% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, SFNC rose by +7.82%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +17.80% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $21.76. In addition, Simmons First National Corp. saw 17.44% 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 SFNC starting from Garner David W, who sale 3,600 shares at the price of $21.21 back on Aug 23 ’24. After this action, Garner David W now owns 64,966 shares of Simmons First National Corp., valued at $76,356 using the latest closing price.
Garner David W, the Officer of Simmons First National Corp., proposed sale 3,600 shares at $21.21 during a trade that took place back on Aug 23 ’24, which means that Garner David W is holding shares at $76,357 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for SFNC
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.25 for the present operating margin
- 0.2 for the gross margin
The net margin for Simmons First National Corp. stands at 0.2. The total capital return value is set at 0.01. Equity return is now at value 4.43, with 0.54 for asset returns.
Based on Simmons First National Corp. (SFNC), the company’s capital structure generated 0.34 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.3. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.51. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 0.28.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 16.31 million with net debt to EBITDA at 22.27. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 5.55. The receivables turnover for the company is 5.97for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.03. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.15.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Simmons First National Corp. (SFNC) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed 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.
