Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ:SGML) Trading Up 3.8% – What’s Next?

Shares of Sigma Lithium Corporation (NASDAQ:SGML) were up 3.8% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $15.22 and last traded at $15.0630. Approximately 662,373 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 85% from the average daily volume of 4,346,022 shares. The stock had previously closed at $14.51.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on SGML shares. Citigroup lowered Sigma Lithium from an “overweight” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. Canaccord Genuity Group raised Sigma Lithium from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Bank of America raised Sigma Lithium from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $14.00 to $17.00 in a research note on Thursday, April 2nd. Wall Street Zen raised Sigma Lithium from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of Sigma Lithium in a report on Friday, March 27th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $18.50.

Sigma Lithium Stock Performance

The stock has a market cap of $1.63 billion, a PE ratio of -32.82, a P/E/G ratio of 0.29 and a beta of 0.04. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $12.39 and a 200 day moving average price of $10.58. The company has a quick ratio of 0.32, a current ratio of 0.49 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.38.

Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ:SGML) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, March 30th. The company reported ($0.22) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.12) by ($0.10). The company had revenue of $16.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $52.20 million. Sigma Lithium had a negative return on equity of 53.45% and a negative net margin of 45.64%. Analysts expect that Sigma Lithium Corporation will post -0.12 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Farther Finance Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Sigma Lithium during the 4th quarter valued at about $51,000. GF Fund Management CO. LTD. purchased a new position in Sigma Lithium during the 4th quarter valued at about $57,000. BTG Pactual Asset Management US LLC purchased a new position in Sigma Lithium during the 3rd quarter valued at about $71,000. Quantbot Technologies LP purchased a new position in Sigma Lithium during the 3rd quarter valued at about $82,000. Finally, Hunting Hill Global Capital LLC purchased a new position in Sigma Lithium during the 2nd quarter valued at about $86,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.86% of the company’s stock.

About Sigma Lithium

Sigma Lithium Corp. is a Canada-based mineral exploration and development company focused on the sustainable production of battery-grade lithium from hard rock deposits. The company’s flagship asset is the Grota do Cirilo lithium project, located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Grota do Cirilo comprises a fully permitted, low-altitude spodumene mine and processing plant designed to produce high-purity lithium concentrate and downstream lithium hydroxide for the global electric vehicle and energy storage markets.

Since its founding in 2018, Sigma Lithium has pursued a vertically integrated approach, overseeing each stage of production from ore extraction and beneficiation to chemical conversion.