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Premier Oil plc (PMO) is a leading oil and gas e&p business based in the UK. Premier Oil is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and employs 776 staff. All prices are listed in pence sterling.
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- Search the platform for stock code: PMO in this case.
- Research Premier Oil shares. The platform should provide the latest information available.
- Buy your Premier Oil shares. It's that simple.
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Premier Oil share price
Use our graph to track the performance of PMO stocks over time.Premier Oil shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-04-27.
| 52-week range | 10.77p - 55.14p |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | 27.5814p |
| 200-day moving average | 20.3777p |
| Wall St. target price | 1.84p |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | 18.2p |
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Is it a good time to buy Premier Oil stock?
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Is Premier Oil 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.
EBITDA
Premier Oil's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is £388.2 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Premier Oil's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
To put that into context you can compare it against similar companies.
- Tullow Oil (TLW.LSE): £684.6 million
- BP p-l-c (BP.LSE): £19.8 billion
- Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA.LSE): £21.9 billion
- Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM.US): USD$17.9 billion
- Cairn Energy (CNE.LSE): £102.1 million
Financials
| Revenue TTM | £949.4 million |
|---|---|
| Gross profit TTM | £780.3 million |
| Return on assets TTM | -4.48% |
| Return on equity TTM | -268.88% |
| Profit margin | -137.16% |
| Book value | 0.576p |
| Market capitalisation | £207.3 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Premier Oil share dividends
We're not expecting Premier Oil to pay a dividend over the next 12 months. However, you can browse other dividend-paying shares in our guide.
You may also wish to consider:
- BP p-l-c (BP.LSE) (6.68% forward annual dividend yield)
- Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA.LSE) (4.77% forward annual dividend yield)
- Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM.US) (5.65% forward annual dividend yield)
Have Premier Oil's shares ever split?
Premier Oil's shares were split on a 4:1 basis on 22 May 2011. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 4 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Premier Oil shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 75% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Premier Oil shares which in turn could have impacted Premier Oil's share price.
Share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Premier Oil's shares have ranged in value from as little as 10.77p up to 55.14p. 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 (LSE average) beta is 1, while Premier Oil's is 3.6998. This would suggest that Premier Oil's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.
To put Premier Oil's beta into context you can compare it against those of similar companies.
- Tullow Oil (TLW.LSE): 2.6567
- BP p-l-c (BP.LSE): 0.775
- Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA.LSE): 1.0277
- Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM.US): 1.4096
- Cairn Energy (CNE.LSE): 1.9878
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