Sendas Distribuidora (OTCMKTS:ASAIY) Shares Gap Up – Should You Buy?

Sendas Distribuidora S.A. Sponsored ADR (OTCMKTS:ASAIY) gapped up prior to trading on Tuesday . The stock had previously closed at $7.80, but opened at $8.15. Sendas Distribuidora shares last traded at $8.26, with a volume of 3,221 shares trading hands.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Zacks Research downgraded shares of Sendas Distribuidora from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Friday, July 31st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Reduce”.

Sendas Distribuidora Price Performance

The company has a market cap of $2.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.12 and a beta of 0.66. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $8.10 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $8.47.

Sendas Distribuidora (OTCMKTS:ASAIY) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.26 by $0.10. Sendas Distribuidora had a return on equity of 12.64% and a net margin of 1.27%. Equities analysts predict that Sendas Distribuidora S.A. Sponsored ADR will post 1.28 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Sendas Distribuidora Company Profile

Sendas Distribuidora SA is a Brazilian retail and distribution company that operates in the grocery and consumer goods sector. The company’s core activities include operating retail outlets and managing distribution operations that supply food, beverages, household products and personal-care items to end consumers and commercial customers. Its business model centers on combining in-store retailing with logistics and supply-chain services to move fast‑moving consumer goods across its network.

Product categories handled by Sendas typically include fresh and packaged foods, dairy and frozen goods, beverages, cleaning and household supplies, and health and beauty products.