Livent Corporation (NYSE:LTHM) closing share price quoted for November 28, 2018 was $18.17. The 3.06% rally might have been tempting for an investor to buy at this point and in fact that would prove a good idea, as sell-side analysts think there is almost 21.08% more gain yet to come for shareholders. The stock enjoyed an overall uptrend of 7.07% from the beginning of 2018. Analysts seemed to set $22 as highest price target on its way to greater gains. The average 12-month price target they expect from the stock is $19.73. This mean price target represents 8.59% upside over its previous closing price. The median price target they presented was $20 for the next 12-months, which suggests a 10.07% upside from current levels. Some analysts have a lowest price target on the stock of $18, which would mean a -0.94% gain in value.
To help you decide whether it’s worth the wait (and the money), Livent Corporation (NYSE:LTHM) is currently trading at 25.74X the company’s trailing-12-month earnings per share, which represents a discount compared to the sector’s 32.15X and comes in above its industry’s 23.55X. The most popular method for valuing a stock is to study the historic Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio using reported earnings for the past 12 months. The EPS number for this stock in the most recent four quarters of earnings stood at $0.71. P/E ratio is so popular because it’s simple, it’s effective, and, tautologically, because everyone uses it.
The 14-day Absolute ATR (Average True Range) on Wednesday, November 28 of 2018 shows that the price on average moves $1.03. The average daily volatility is 5.91% over the past week. Low volatility is good for the stock and it means we have calm and confident investors. If you check recent Livent Corporation (LTHM) volume, you will see that it has changed to 1.52 million shares versus the average daily volume of 1.66 million shares.
When you look at the daily chart for LTHM, you will observe the stock held 0% losses in the 6-month period and maintains 29.79% distance from its most recent low. The past 5-day performance for the share stays positive at 8.03% but up 4.46% from its three-week moving average. Comparing to 50-day SMA, Livent Corporation shares price is now up 8.03%. It also closed 8.03% higher from its 200-day SMA. This is often seen as the last line of defense for long term trends to find support at, else be considered broken and/or in a bear market. The daily chart of the stock more clearly reveals the slide in prices as it closed Wednesday with a 1-month performance at 16.85%.