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How to buy Gran Tierra Energy stock in Canada

Learn how to buy Gran Tierra Energy stock in 6 easy steps.

Shares of Gran Tierra Energy have been surging since late August, 2021, after a strong earnings report and some management changes. Shares of small energy companies have generally been strong lately, likely due to higher oil and gas prices.

At about 60 cents per share, it’s still about half off its 52-week high. Our technical analysis from TradingView, below, rates it a sell.

Gran Tierra Energy is an oil & gas e&p business based in Canada. Gran Tierra Energy shares (GTE.TO) are listed on the Toronto stock Exchange (TSX) and all prices are listed in Canadian dollars. Its last market close was C$12.57 – a decrease of 1.18% over the previous day. Gran Tierra Energy employs 351 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around C$650.3 million.

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Is it a good time to buy Gran Tierra Energy stock?

Only you can make the decision on the time to leap... but here's some supporting information and analysis.

Use our graph to track the performance of GTE stocks over time.

Share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Gran Tierra Energy's shares have ranged in value from as little as C$6.13 up to C$12.35. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

GTE.TO volatility(beta: 1.63)Avg. volatility(beta: 1.00)LowHigh

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (TO average) beta is 1, while Gran Tierra Energy's is 1.63. This would suggest that Gran Tierra Energy's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Historical closes compared with the last close of C$12.57

1 week (2024-05-02)6.35%
1 month (2024-04-09)11.73%
3 months (2024-02-08)80.86%
6 months (2023-11-09)46.33%
1 year (2023-05-09)61.98%
2 years (2022-05-09)579.46%
3 years (2021-05-09)1,414.46%
5 years (2019-05-09)339.51%

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

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Is Gran Tierra Energy under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Gran Tierra Energy P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA

Gran Tierra Energy's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.1317. A PEG ratio below 1 can be interpreted as meaning the shares are not overvalued given the current rate of growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Gran Tierra Energy's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Gran Tierra Energy's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is C$394.3 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Gran Tierra Energy's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

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