Hunting (HTG) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Hunting PLC, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures components, technology systems, and precision parts worldwide. It operates in five segments: Hunting Titan; North America; Subsea Technologies; EMEA; and Asia Pacific. The company designs and manufactures perforating systems, energetics, instrumentation, and associated hardware; connection technology and OCTG; subsea technologies; supplies highly engineered tubular components, hollow rotating shafts, very accurate deep hole drilling, plus complex turned, and milled profiles; well intervention equipment; and well test and process systems. It also manufactures electronic parts for the energy, medical, defense, and aerospace sectors; provides trenchless technologies, which include drill pipe, tooling products, and conversion roadmaps; and innovative MWD solutions for gyro, steering tool, and running gear; and organic oil recovery technology. The company serves its products to energy, aerospace and defense, telecommunications, utilities, commercial, medical, and transportation industries. Hunting PLC was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 297.50 to 304.50
• 50-Day Range: 294.50 to 419.50
• 52-Week Range: 247 to 465.37
• Volume: 144,083 shs
• Average Volume: 517,288 shs
• Market Capitalization: £479.80 million
• P/E Ratio: 505.00
• Dividend Yield: 2.64%
• Price Target: GBX 492.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Hunting Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Hunting scored higher than 52% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Hunting has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Hunting has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Hunting is 506.25, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 123.44.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Hunting is 506.25, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 109.42.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Hunting has a PEG Ratio of 1.06. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Hunting has a P/B Ratio of 0.50. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for HTG.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Hunting pays a meaningful dividend of 2.16%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Hunting does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Hunting is 1,333.33%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for HTG.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Hunting has a news sentiment score of 0.64. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Energy companies.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Hunting insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

18.20% of the stock of Hunting is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

63.15% of the stock of Hunting is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

HTG Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have HTG shares performed this year?

Hunting's stock was trading at GBX 295.50 at the start of the year. Since then, HTG stock has increased by 2.8% and is now trading at GBX 303.75.
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How do I buy shares of Hunting?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Hunting own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Hunting investors own include Intelsat (I), Associated British Foods (ABF), Chaarat Gold (CGH), Fossil Group (FOSL), Bank of America (BAC), AMC Entertainment (AMC) and First Data (FDC).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 10/25 Dividend: 10/03/2024
• Dividend Payable: 10/25/2024
• Today: 11/21/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:HTG
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.huntingplc.com
• Phone: +44-20-73210123
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,341
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: GBX 492.50
• High Stock Price Target: GBX 600
• Low Stock Price Target: GBX 400
• Potential Upside/Downside: +62.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): GBX 0.60
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 506.25
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.24
• P/E Growth: 1.06
• Net Income: £133 million
• Net Margins: 14.07%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 14.66%
• Return on Assets: 4.21%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 11.60
• Current Ratio: 2.69
• Quick Ratio: 2.08

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £945.10 million
• Price / Sales: 0.51
• Cash Flow: GBX 54.60 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 5.56
• Book Value: GBX 607 per share
• Price / Book: 0.50

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 158,350,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £480.99 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.07