The stock price of U.S. Energy Corp (NASDAQ: USEG) has dropped by -11.89 compared to previous close of 1.43. Despite this, the company has seen a fall of -13.70% in its stock price over the last five trading days. globenewswire.com reported 2025-03-13 that HOUSTON, March 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — U.S. Energy Corp (NASDAQ: USEG, “U.S. Energy” or the “Company”), a growth-focused energy company engaged in operating a portfolio of high-quality producing assets, announced today that it will participate in the 37th Annual Roth Conference from March 17-18, 2025.
Is It Worth Investing in U.S. Energy Corp (NASDAQ: USEG) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.60. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for USEG is 10.61M, and at present, short sellers hold a 5.48% of that float. On March 14, 2025, the average trading volume of USEG was 4.13M shares.
USEG’s Market Performance
USEG’s stock has seen a -13.70% decrease for the week, with a -37.93% drop in the past month and a -26.74% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 10.05%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 8.00% for U.S. Energy Corp The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -24.96% for USEG’s stock, with a -11.38% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of USEG
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for USEG stocks, with Johnson Rice repeating the rating for USEG by listing it as a “Accumulate.” The predicted price for USEG in the upcoming period, according to Johnson Rice is $3.75 based on the research report published on October 26, 2022 of the previous year 2022.
Global Hunter Securities gave a rating of “Accumulate” to USEG, setting the target price at $4.50 in the report published on May 14th of the previous year.
USEG Trading at -37.36% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought USEG to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -80.31% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 8.00%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 10.05%, as shares sank -35.71% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -22.22% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, USEG fell by -13.70%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +13.51% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $1.6790. In addition, U.S. Energy Corp saw -22.70% 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 USEG starting from Smith Ryan Lewis, who purchase 500 shares at the price of $1.67 back on Feb 26 ’25. After this action, Smith Ryan Lewis now owns 1,241,246 shares of U.S. Energy Corp, valued at $835 using the latest closing price.
Smith Ryan Lewis, the CEO of U.S. Energy Corp, purchase 500 shares at $1.63 during a trade that took place back on Feb 27 ’25, which means that Smith Ryan Lewis is holding 1,241,746 shares at $815 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for USEG
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.44 for the present operating margin
- 0.0 for the gross margin
The net margin for U.S. Energy Corp stands at -1.42. The total capital return value is set at -0.2. Equity return is now at value -65.87, with -38.98 for asset returns.
Based on U.S. Energy Corp (USEG), the company’s capital structure generated 0.02 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 8.17. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.02. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -17.61.
When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 1.85. The receivables turnover for the company is 13.32for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.37. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 0.31.
Conclusion
To sum up, U.S. Energy Corp (USEG) has seen a bad performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. 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.
