The growth of the EPS is critical in understanding the current valuation of Ameresco. It is typically displayed as a percentage and called the EPS growth rate, which is 17.50%. The long-term trend in EPS shows how well the management of Ameresco is adding value for shareholders.
Ameresco trades as part of the engineering and construction industry and is part of the industrials sector. The company CEO is George Sakellaris. Ameresco, is an independent provider of comprehensive energy services including energy efficiency, infrastructure upgrades, energy security and resilience, asset sustainability and renewable energy solutions for businesses and organizations.
Previous Intraday Performance:
The AMRC shares had a previous change of -0.57% which opened at 15.81 and closed at 15.72. It moved to an intraday high of 16.06 and a low of 15.68.
Business Wire: Ameresco Acquires TerraNavigator, LLC to Expand Its Pipeline of Renewable Energy Assets
Historical Performance:
Over the last five trading days, AMRC shares returned 7.67% and in the past 30 trading days it returned 25.96%. Over three months, it changed 8.79%. In one year it has changed 83.86% and within that year its 52-week high was 16.59 and its 52-week low was 7.65. AMRC stock is 105.49% above its 52 Week Low.
Our calculations result in a 200 day moving average of 12.61 and a 50 day moving average of 13.83. Right now, AMRC stock is trading 24.71% above its 200 day moving average.
Business Wire: Ameresco Acquires TerraNavigator, LLC to Expand Its Pipeline of Renewable Energy Assets
Liquidity:
The company has a market cap of $722.8m with 46.0m shares outstanding and a float of 38.3m shares. Trading volume was 156,721 shares and has experienced an average volume of 156,685 shares. Our calculation, using the current average volume and close price, leads me to believe that the liquidity is bad, highly speculative and an investor may want to avoid this stock.
Earnings:
The last annual reported EPS for Ameresco was 0.83 which ended on 31st of December 2017, which according to the previous close, that is a PE of 18.94. Based on 2 analyst estimates, the consensus EPS for the next quarter is 0.15. The trailing twelve month EPS is 1.05, which comes to a trailing twelve month PE of 14.97. Historically, the PE high was 216.20 and the PE low was 14.97. AMRC stock has set a new PE low record!
Below was the last reported quarterly earnings per share:
09-30-2018: 0.23
06-30-2018: 0.18
03-31-2018: 0.16
12-31-2017: 0.48
Indicators Also to Watch:
Based on the latest filings, there is 16.10% of insider ownership and 36.30% of institutional ownership. Short-interest was 255,091, which was 0.55% of shares outstanding. The short-interest ratio or days-to-cover ratio was 1.64. This stock has some short interest, but it might be normal and no need to worry if long the position.
I calculated the beta to be 0.43
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Fundamental Numbers:
Based on last reported financials, the company’s return on equity is 14.85%, return on assets is 4.98%, profit margin is 6.07%, price-to-sales is 0.93 and price-to-book is 1.98.
Company Score Card:
Results are out of six:
0 : Growth Expectations Result
2 : Financial Safety Result
4 : Past Performance Result
2 : Valuation Result
0 : Dividend Safety Result
2 : Overall Result
Related Tags: Ameresco, AMRC, Engineering And Construction, Industrials
