Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc (HLX): Not A Time To Panic Nor Freeze

Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc (HLX) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $6.58, with 4.04 million shares of worth about $26.6 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -34.20% during that period and on April 24, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -0.45%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 151.53M shares, out of which, 141.42M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of 0.92% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -23.58%. Year-to-date (YTD), HLX shares are showing a performance of -29.40% which decreased to -39.30% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $5.77 but also hit the highest price of $13.05 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc shares is 1.85 million. The stock is currently trading -6.81% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -15.15% for SMA50 and it goes to -31.10% lower than SMA200.

Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc (NYSE: HLX) currently have 151.53M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 92.70% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $997.07M and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.72. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 11.99, while it has posted earnings per share of $0.55 in the same period. Its PEG reads 0.27 and has Quick Ratio of 2.23 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for HLX, volatility over the week remained 7.91% while standing at 7.40% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 104.85% while it is estimated to increase by 23.95% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 44.67% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of -1.27% made by the stock over the past 5-years.

Coverage by Raymond James stated Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc (HLX) stock as a Strong buy in their note to investors on September 19, 2024, suggesting a price target of $14 for the stock. On October 26, 2022, BTIG Research Upgrade their recommendations, while on July 27, 2022, Evercore ISI Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $8. Stock get an Overweight rating from Piper Sandler on February 01, 2022.

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