Barrick Gold Corporation: Navigating Market Fluctuations with a 27.74B Market Cap

Barrick Gold Corporation (GOLD) current stock price is $15.78. During the last trading session, the stock soared, reaching $16.00 after opening at $15.82. The stock’s lowest point was $15.75 before it closed at $15.79.

The market performance of Barrick Gold Corporation has been somewhat stable. Over the past year, the company’s stock achieved a high of $20.75 on 05/04/23, with the lowest value for the same timeframe being $12.97, recorded on 11/03/22.

52-week price history of GOLD Stock

Analyzing the 52-week price history of a stock, including its high and low prices, can provide valuable insight into its current status and potential future performance. Barrick Gold Corporation’s current trading price is -23.95% away from its 52-week high, while its distance from the 52-week low is 21.68%. The stock’s price range for this period has remained between $12.97 and $20.75. The Basic Materials sector company’s shares managed to surpass a trading volume of around 8.18 million for the day, which was noticeably lower compared to the shares’ average daily volume of 13.46 million over the last three months.

Financial Performance and Market Capitalization

Barrick Gold Corporation (GOLD) has experienced a quarterly decline of -7.99% in its revenues when compared to the same period in the previous year. Presently, the company has a total market capitalization of 27.74B and boasts a workforce of 21300 employees.

Analysts’ Ratings For Barrick Gold Corporation

As of right now, 13 analysts are rating Barrick Gold Corporation as a BUY, 4 of the polled analysts branded the stock as an OVERWEIGHT, 7 analysts are recommending to HOLD this stock, 1 of them gave the stock UNDERWEIGHT rating, and 0 analyst is rating the stock as SELL.

Moving average and trading volume data

Based on Barchart.com data, the company’s moving average over the 100-day period was 17.30, with a change in price of -3.59. Similarly, Barrick Gold Corporation recorded 13,549,414 in trading volume during the last 100 days, posting a change of -18.53%.

GOLD Debt-to-equity ratio analysis

The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio is a valuable metric that offers insight into a company’s financial health and standing in the market. This ratio is calculated by dividing a company’s current total liabilities by its shareholders’ equity. The D/E ratio illustrates the extent of debt a company is utilizing to support its assets in relation to the value of its shareholders’ equity. At the time of writing, the total D/E ratio for GOLD stands at 0.21. Similarly, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio is also 0.21.

GOLD Stock Stochastic Average

As of today, the raw stochastic average of Barrick Gold Corporation over the last 50 days is at 12.76%. This shows a declinee from the raw stochastic average of the previous 20 days, which was recorded at 21.53%. Further, the company’s Stochastic %K and %D values for the last 20 days were 23.15% and 27.85%, respectively.

GOLD Stock Price Performance Analysis

The stock price performance for the year has been a mixed bag, indicating either a pessimistic or optimistic outlook depending on how you look at it. Until today this year the stock’s price performance recorded a decrease of -8.15%. However, over the last six months, the performance has been weaker by 1.35%. The price of GOLD decreased -4.25% over the last 30 days. And in the last five days, it has fallen by -2.65%.

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