American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc (NYSE: AXL)’s stock price has gone decline by -2.68 in comparison to its previous close of 4.07, however, the company has experienced a -11.98% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading days. proactiveinvestors.com reported 2025-03-21 that Arrow Exploration Corp (TSX-V:AXL, AIM:AXL, OTC:CSTPF) last week provided an update on its 2024 year-end reserves, reporting significant growth in reserves and highlighting new discoveries in Colombia’s Llanos Basin. The company said its PDP reserves nearly doubled in 2024, while its total proven reserves reached 5.3 million barrels.
Is It Worth Investing in American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc (NYSE: AXL) Right Now?
American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc (NYSE: AXL) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 13.77x compared to its average ratio. AXL has 36-month beta value of 1.70. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 0 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 6 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for AXL is 110.19M, and currently, short sellers hold a 10.05% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of AXL on April 01, 2025 was 2.47M shares.
AXL’s Market Performance
The stock of American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc (AXL) has seen a -11.98% decrease in the past week, with a -16.61% drop in the past month, and a -32.41% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.72%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 4.25% for AXL. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -11.52% for AXL’s stock, with a -34.31% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of AXL
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for AXL stocks, with TD Cowen repeating the rating for AXL by listing it as a “Hold.” The predicted price for AXL in the upcoming period, according to TD Cowen is $5 based on the research report published on March 07, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Deutsche Bank, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see AXL reach a price target of $6. The rating they have provided for AXL stocks is “Hold” according to the report published on September 10th, 2024.
UBS gave a rating of “Neutral” to AXL, setting the target price at $7 in the report published on February 28th of the previous year.
AXL Trading at -20.24% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought AXL to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -50.36% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 4.25%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 4.72%, as shares sank -13.52% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -33.19% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, AXL fell by -12.56%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -47.39% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $4.48. In addition, American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc saw -32.06% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Stock Fundamentals for AXL
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.04 for the present operating margin
- 0.11 for the gross margin
The net margin for American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc stands at 0.01. The total capital return value is set at 0.06. Equity return is now at value 5.79, with 0.65 for asset returns.
Based on American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc (AXL), the company’s capital structure generated 0.22 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 2.83. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.29. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 1.29.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 241.4 million with net debt to EBITDA at -0.65. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.01. The receivables turnover for the company is 8.64for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 1.21. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.63.
Conclusion
To put it simply, American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc (AXL) has had a bad 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’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.
