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Trecora Resources is a specialty chemicals business based in the US. Trecora Resources shares (TREC) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Trecora Resources employs 270 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$212.2 million.
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Latest market close | USD$6.99 |
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52-week range | USD$4.23 - USD$7.69 |
50-day moving average | USD$6.8362 |
200-day moving average | USD$6.317 |
Wall St. target price | USD$8 |
PE ratio | 15.0122 |
Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$0.467 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $6.99 from 2020-12-31
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1 month (2020-12-21) | 4.33% |
3 months (2020-10-17) | N/A |
6 months (2020-07-17) | N/A |
1 year (2020-01-17) | N/A |
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2 years (2019-01-17) | N/A |
3 years (2018-01-17) | N/A |
5 years (2016-01-17) | N/A |
Valuing Trecora Resources stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Trecora Resources's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Trecora Resources's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 15x. In other words, Trecora Resources shares trade at around 15x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Trecora Resources's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.35. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Trecora Resources's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Trecora Resources's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$21.5 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Trecora Resources's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Revenue TTM | USD$212.2 million |
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Operating margin TTM | 2.63% |
Gross profit TTM | USD$38.5 million |
Return on assets TTM | 1.07% |
Return on equity TTM | -6.9% |
Profit margin | 5.46% |
Book value | $8.212 |
Market capitalisation | USD$174 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
There are currently 196,603 Trecora Resources shares held short by investors – that's known as Trecora Resources's "short interest". This figure is 5.8% up from 185,765 last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Trecora Resources shares can be evaluated.
Trecora Resources's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Trecora Resources shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Trecora Resources shares traded daily (recently around 95903.902439024). Trecora Resources's SIR currently stands at 2.05. In other words for every 100,000 Trecora Resources shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2050 shares are currently held short.
However Trecora Resources's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Trecora Resources shares, or, against the total number of tradable Trecora Resources shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Trecora Resources's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Trecora Resources shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0095% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Trecora Resources shares, roughly 10 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Trecora Resources.
Find out more about how you can short Trecora Resources stock.
We're not expecting Trecora Resources to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.
Over the last 12 months, Trecora Resources's shares have ranged in value from as little as $4.23 up to $7.69. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Trecora Resources's is 0.7538. This would suggest that Trecora Resources's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Trecora Resources manufactures and sells various specialty petrochemical products and specialty waxes in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Specialty Petrochemical and Specialty Waxes. The Specialty Petrochemical segment offers hydrocarbons and other petroleum based products, including isopentane, normal pentane, isohexane, and hexane for use in the production of polyethylene, packaging, polypropylene, expandable polystyrene, poly-iso/urethane foams, and crude oil from the Canadian tar sands, as well as in the catalyst support industry. It also owns and operates pipelines. The Specialty Waxes segment provides specialty polyethylene for use in the paints and inks, adhesives, coatings, and PVC lubricants markets; and specialized synthetic poly alpha olefin waxes for use as toner in printers, as well as additives for candles. This segment also provides custom processing services. In addition, the company produces copper and zinc concentrates, and silver and gold doré. Trecora Resources was formerly known as Arabian American Development Company and changed its name to Trecora Resources in June 2014. Trecora Resources was founded in 1967 and is based in Sugar Land, Texas.
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