Market Analysts see Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. [HE] gaining to $8.50. Time to buy?

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. [NYSE: HE] traded at a low on Monday, posting a -14.45 loss after which it closed the day’ session at $13.26.

The results of the trading session contributed to over 9817641 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. stands at 6.79% while the volatility over the past one month is 7.83%.

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The market cap for HE stock reached $1.46 billion, with 110.15 million shares outstanding and 109.90 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 4.05M shares, HE reached a trading volume of 9817641 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

What do top market gurus say about Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. [HE]?

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for HE shares is $15.00 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on HE stock is a recommendation set at 3.67. 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.

Wells Fargo have made an estimate for Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Underweight, with their previous recommendation back on November 10, 2023. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Wells Fargo raised their target price from $25 to $8. The new note on the price target was released on August 18, 2023, representing the official price target for Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $43, while BofA Securities analysts kept a Underperform rating on HE stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. is set at 1.20, with the Price to Sales ratio for HE stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.40. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.35, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 5.14.

How has HE stock performed recently?

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. [HE] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -20.93. With this latest performance, HE shares gained by 27.13% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 1.30% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -59.55% 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 HE stock in for the last two-week period is set at 44.85, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 36.56, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 48.86 for Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. [HE]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 12.02, while it was recorded at 15.25 for the last single week of trading, and 12.23 for the last 200 days.

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. [HE]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 3.69 and a Current Ratio set at 3.69.

Earnings analysis for Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. [HE]

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 HE. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. go to 4.20%.

Insider trade positions for Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. [HE]

The top three institutional holders of HE stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.32 billion shares, which is approximately 8.5034%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.04 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $178.43 billion in HE stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $135.36 billion in HE stock with ownership which is approximately 5.1238%.