27 May, 2017
Scorpio Tankers Inc. on 04/26/2017 reported its EPS as $-0.07 with the analysts projecting the EPS of the stock as $-0.1. Jefferies Group also issued estimates for Scorpio Tankers' Q2 2017 earnings at ($0.08) EPS, Q3 2017 earnings at $0.13 EPS and Q4 2017 earnings at $0.27 EPS. Seekingalpha.com's article titled: "Scorpio Tankers' (STNG) CEO Emanuele Lauro on Q1 2017 Results - Earnings Call ..." and published on April 27, 2017 is yet another important article. Bank of America Corp raised shares of Scorpio Tankers from an "underperform" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $6.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Friday, May 12th.
An earnings forecast is an analyst's outlook for a company's future quarterly or annual earnings. Equities research analysts anticipate that Scorpio Tankers will post $0.02 EPS for the current fiscal year.
News coverage about Scorpio Tankers (NASDAQ:STNG) has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to AlphaOne. The shipping company reported ($0.07) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.10) by $0.03.
The High Revenue estimate is predicted as 140.4 Million, while the Low Revenue Estimate prediction stands at 125 Million. While in the same Quarter Previous year, the Actual EPS was $0.04. The company's quarterly revenue was down 25.6% on a year-over-year basis.
A number of other research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. As per Tuesday, July 26, the company rating was downgraded by UBS. (NYSE:STNG) on Tuesday, January 17 to "Underperform" rating. This Beta value of Scorpio Tankers Inc. (STNG) is -0.07 while the analysts predicted the EPS of the stock to be -0.1 suggesting the company fell short of the analysts' expectations. The company was upgraded on Friday, July 1 by ABN Amro. Jefferies has "Buy" rating and $7 target.
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05/04/2016 - Scorpio Tankers Inc. was downgraded to "neutral" by analysts at Seaport Global Securities. 1,956,820 shares of the stock traded hands. The 1-year High price of the stock is $5.65, while the 1-year low price is $3.48. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $4.24 and a 200 day moving average price of $4.20. The company has market cap of $752.54 million. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 11th will be paid a $0.01 dividend. It has a dividend yield of 0.98%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 9th. Finally, Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Scorpio Tankers from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday, February 18th. Teachers Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Scorpio Tankers by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 19,933,081 shares of the shipping company's stock valued at $88,503,000 after buying an additional 684,099 shares during the last quarter.
According to the Recommendation Trends of the stock polled by Zacks Investment Research for this month, the company has a consensus recommendation of 1.25 out of the scale from 1 to 5 where 1 stands for Strong Buy and 5 means Strong Sell. DIAM Co. Ltd. now owns 146,900 shares of the shipping company's stock valued at $680,000 after buying an additional 11,800 shares during the period. Impala Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in Scorpio Tankers during the first quarter valued at approximately $14,042,000. Synovus Financial Corp raised its position in Scorpio Tankers by 52.3% in the third quarter. Boston Partners now owns 4,782,108 shares of the shipping company's stock valued at $21,233,000 after buying an additional 1,542,838 shares during the last quarter.
Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE:STNG) has declined 23.80% since May 22, 2016 and is downtrending. The Firm operates through two divisions: United Kingdom and Ireland, and Central and Eastern Europe and Israel.