Diana Shipping Inc. (DSX)’s stock is trading at $3.75 at the moment marking a rise of 4.75% from the last session close. As of this writing, shares are priced at -45.52% less than their 52-week high of $6.88, and 11.72% over their 52-week low of $3.36. Based on the past 30-day period, the stock price is -7.18% below the high and +7.14% above the low.
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The 200-day Simple moving average is often placed more emphasis on by traders because of daily price changes. Investors will use the SMA-200 in different situations in trading activity as a key indicator to determine their support and resistance levels, and at the moment, DSX’s SMA-200 is $4.15.
Further, it is important to consider DSX stock ratios, particularly its price-to-sales ratio over the past twelve months, which stands at 1.31.Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the last twelve months stands at 2.40. DSX’s price to book ratio for the most recent quarter was 0.64, resulting in an 4.99 price to cash per share for the period.
How does Diana Shipping Inc. (DSX) stock rate among analysts? Buy, sell, or hold?
The key to trading is to concentrate on the future rather than on the past. During uncertain times, it can be hard to make decisions. The analysts who understand how a market works are usually the most accurate at forecasting its future. Currently, there are 2 brokerage firms that recommend the stock as a Moderate Buy. The ratings are commonly aggregated into a single number between 1 and 5. Buy or strong buy is scored 5, outperform is scored 4, hold is scored 3, underperform is scored 2 and strong sell is 1. Using a scale of 1-5, the current average recommendation is 4.00 in simple terms.
Diana Shipping Inc. (DSX): Earnings History
If we examine Diana Shipping Inc.’s recent earnings history, in the last quarter ended on 12/30/2022, it posted adjusted earnings per share of $0.27, slashing the consensus of $0.19. In other words, it topped the consensus by $0.08, resulting in a 42.10% surprise. In the 3 months period before the previous quarter which was closed on 12/30/2022, the stock recorded adjusted earnings per share of $0.27 in contrast with the Outlook of $0.19. That was a difference of $0.08 and a surprise of 42.10%.
Diana Shipping Inc. (DSX): Earnings History
Most analysts expect public companies to report earnings and revenue in line with their projections, but sometimes these figures vary from what they actually expected. In the current quarter, the company had earnings predictions made by 1 different analysts, who are expecting earnings to fall in between the range of 0.19 and 0.19 with an average Earnings Estimate of 0.19 which is in contrast with the last year earnings estimate of 0.31 and also replicates -38.71% growth rate year over year.
Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE: DSX) Ownership Details
I will give a breakdown of the key shareholders in Diana Shipping Inc. (DSX). Recent figures show that the company’s insiders hold 23.88% of shares. A total of 96 institutional investors hold shares in the company, making 11.85% of its stock and 15.57% of its float.
Mar 30, 2023, it was reported that the Company’s largest institutional holder is Hosking Partners LLP holding total of 3.88 million shares that make 3.78% of the company’s total number of shares and are currently priced at 15.15 million.
The securities firm Renaissance Technologies, LLC holds 1.78 million shares of DSX, making it the second largest institutional shareholder. Taking this into account, the holding percentage comes to 1.74%, and the holding percentage of shares is valued at 6.95 million.
An overview of Diana Shipping Inc.’s technicals
In order to learn about trade movements and investor behavior, it is best to analyze the short, medium, and long term technical indicators along with the average volume of a stock. A 20-day average of the stock’s daily volume suggests Diana Shipping Inc. (DSX) traded 352,177 shares per day, with a moving average of $3.70 and price change of -0.21. With the moving average of $3.86 and a price change of -0.09, about 400,971 shares changed hands on average over the past 50 days. Finally, DSX’s 100-day average volume is 618,211 shares, alongside a moving average of $3.98 and a price change of +0.08.
