Polaris Inc (NYSE: PII) has seen a decline in its stock price by -2.70 in relation to its previous close of 44.39. However, the company has experienced a -4.61% decline in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. globenewswire.com reported 2025-02-12 that TORONTO, Feb. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Halcones Precious Metals Corp. (TSX – V: HPM) (the “Company” or “Halcones”) is pleased to announce additional results from the recent field program at the Polaris gold project, Chile (“Polaris” or the “Project”). Polaris is a large, highly prospective gold project that has never been drilled. No modern exploration has been carried out to date other than basic rock sampling and mapping. Surface bedrock sampling performed by Halcones’ geologists has extended the strike length of a trend of assay results, comprising more than 400 rock samples, many grading greater than 1g/t gold, to 3.9 km. This trend remains open for another 2km to the north and 1.5 km to the south before reaching property boundaries.
Is It Worth Investing in Polaris Inc (NYSE: PII) Right Now?
The price-to-earnings ratio for Polaris Inc (NYSE: PII) is 22.13x, which is above its average ratio. Moreover, the 36-month beta value for PII is 1.53. Analysts have varying opinions on the stock, with 5 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 12 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for PII is 51.65M and currently, short sellers hold a 12.35% of that float. On February 12, 2025, PII’s average trading volume was 1.32M shares.
PII’s Market Performance
PII stock saw a decrease of -4.61% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -22.26% and a quarterly a decrease of -37.34%. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.99%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 4.39% for Polaris Inc (PII). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -13.26% for PII stock, with a simple moving average of -41.22% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of PII
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for PII stocks, with Morgan Stanley repeating the rating for PII by listing it as a “Equal-Weight.” The predicted price for PII in the upcoming period, according to Morgan Stanley is $60 based on the research report published on January 21, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Robert W. Baird gave a rating of “Outperform” to PII, setting the target price at $72 in the report published on December 30th of the previous year.
PII Trading at -23.09% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought PII to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -57.20% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 4.39%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.99%, as shares sank -22.60% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -36.93% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, PII fell by -4.90%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -48.29% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $49.79. In addition, Polaris Inc saw -25.04% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at PII starting from Clark Dougherty Lucy, who proposed sale 9,314 shares at the price of $61.17 back on Dec 18 ’24. After this action, Clark Dougherty Lucy now owns shares of Polaris Inc, valued at $569,737 using the latest closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for PII
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.03 for the present operating margin
- 0.2 for the gross margin
The net margin for Polaris Inc stands at 0.02. The total capital return value is set at 0.08. Equity return is now at value 8.18, with 2.01 for asset returns.
Based on Polaris Inc (PII), the company’s capital structure generated 0.56 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.4. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.27. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 1.78.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 290.6 million with net debt to EBITDA at 2.66. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.52. The receivables turnover for the company is 37.31for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.3. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.15.
Conclusion
To wrap up, the performance of Polaris Inc (PII) has been bad in recent times. The stock has received a bullish of “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
