Notable Session Mover: China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (NYSE:SNP)

A notable mover in today’s trading session is China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (NYSE:SNP) as the stock opened the most recent session at 94.90 and at the time of writing the last Bid was at 95.72. In the current trading session the stock reached as high as 96.01 and dipped down to 94.90. China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, a NYQ listed company, has a current market cap of 113.22B and on average over the past 3 months has seen 183554 shares trade hands on a daily basis.

There are a number of sell-side research firms which offer projections on earnings and future direction of the stock. Wall Street analysts have a consensus short term price of 109.80 on the equity. On a trailing twelve month basis, the company’s earnings per share stands at 6.40. The consensus analyst estimates according to Thomson Reuters First Call for the next quarter is 0.00. The current year EPS estimate on the stock is 5.88 and the EPS estimate for next year sits at 7.88.

On a technical level the stock has a 50 Day Moving Average of 85.33. Based on a recent trade, this puts the equity at +12.18% away from that average. In comparing the stock’s current level to its extended history, the stock is trading -9.60% away from its 52-week high of 105.88 and +27.10% away from the stock’s low point over the past 52 weeks, which was 75.31.

The price to earnings ratio, or the valuation ratio of a company’s current share price compared to its per-share earnings sits at 14.96. This is an important indicator as a higher ratio typically suggests that investors are expecting higher future earnings growth compared to companies in the same industry with lower price to earnings ratios. When calculating in the EPS estimates for the current year from sell-side analysts, the Price to current year EPS stands at 16.28. Investors looking further ahead, will note that the Price to next year’s EPS is 12.15.

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