Stellantis N.V. [STLA] is 24.01% higher this YTD. Is it still time to buy?

Stellantis N.V. [NYSE: STLA] closed the trading session at $17.61 on 02/27/23. The day’s price range saw the stock hit a low of $17.56, while the highest price level was $17.755. The company report on February 27, 2023 that Stellantis Announces Strategic Copper Investment in Argentina, Reinforcing Commitment to Reaching Carbon Net Zero by 2038.

Stellantis Announces Strategic Copper Investment in Argentina, Reinforcing Commitment to Reaching Carbon Net Zero by 2038.

$155 million investment in McEwen Copper helps Stellantis secure projected copper demand starting in 2027.

The stocks have a year to date performance of 24.01 percent and weekly performance of 1.85 percent. The stock has been moved at 24.19 percent over the last six months. The stock has performed 14.42 percent around the most recent 30 days and changed 17.09 percent over the most recent 3-months.

If compared to the average trading volume of 5.31M shares, STLA reached to a volume of 6174397 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Stellantis N.V. [STLA]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for STLA shares is $19.66 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on STLA stock is a recommendation set at 2.00. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Nomura have made an estimate for Stellantis N.V. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on October 20, 2022. The new note on the price target was released on June 28, 2022, representing the official price target for Stellantis N.V. stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Stellantis N.V. is set at 0.45, with the Price to Sales ratio for STLA stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.34. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 0.85.

STLA stock trade performance evaluation

Stellantis N.V. [STLA] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 1.85. With this latest performance, STLA shares gained by 14.42% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 24.19% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -4.24% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for STLA stock in for the last two-week period is set at 63.40, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 63.29, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 62.88 for Stellantis N.V. [STLA]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 15.61, while it was recorded at 17.43 for the last single week of trading, and 14.17 for the last 200 days.

Stellantis N.V. [STLA]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals

Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Stellantis N.V. [STLA] shares currently have an operating margin of +10.61 and a Gross Margin at +18.67. Stellantis N.V.’s Net Margin is presently recorded at +8.84.

Return on Total Capital for STLA is now 23.17, given the latest momentum, and Return on Invested Capital for the company is 21.78. Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 32.36, with Return on Assets sitting at 9.73. When it comes to the capital structure of this company, Stellantis N.V. [STLA] has a Total Debt to Total Equity ratio set at 60.07. Additionally, STLA Total Debt to Total Capital is recorded at 37.53, with Total Debt to Total Assets ending up at 19.55. Long-Term Debt to Equity for the company is recorded at 40.47, with the Long-Term Debt to Total Capital now at 25.28.

Reflecting on the efficiency of the workforce at the company, Stellantis N.V. [STLA] managed to generate an average of $46,911 per employee. Receivables Turnover for the company is 21.41 with a Total Asset Turnover recorded at a value of 1.10.

Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Stellantis N.V. [STLA] stock

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for STLA. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Stellantis N.V. go to 3.50%.

Stellantis N.V. [STLA]: Insider Ownership positions

There are presently around $16,834 million, or 43.64% of STLA stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of STLA stocks are: BPIFRANCE SA with ownership of 192,703,907, which is approximately 0% of the company’s market cap and around 24.12% of the total institutional ownership; AMUNDI, holding 123,878,009 shares of the stock with an approximate value of $2.18 billion in STLA stocks shares; and VANGUARD GROUP INC, currently with $1.3 billion in STLA stock with ownership of nearly 1.481% of the company’s market capitalization.

Positions in Stellantis N.V. stocks held by institutional investors increased at the end of Wednesday and at the time of the Wednesday reporting period, where 175 institutional holders increased their position in Stellantis N.V. [NYSE:STLA] by around 66,520,449 shares. Additionally, 149 investors decreased positions by around 195,930,230 shares, while 57 investors held positions by with 693,510,176 shares. The mentioned changes placed institutional holdings at 955,960,855 shares, according to the latest SEC report filing. STLA stock had 60 new institutional investments in for a total of 21,298,956 shares, while 30 institutional investors sold positions of 46,546,091 shares during the same period.