In the last trading session, 3.15 million shares of the New Gold Inc. (AMEX:NGD) were traded, and its beta was 1.68. Most recently the company’s share price was $1.28, and it changed around -$0.01 or -0.78% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $1.20B. NGD currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $1.54, offering almost -20.31% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $0.61, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 52.34% since then. We note from New Gold Inc.’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 3.19 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 3.89 million.

New Gold Inc. stock received a consensus recommendation rating of a Hold, based on a mean score of 2.80. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 1 out of 11 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 0 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 5 recommended NGD as a Hold, whereas 4 deemed it a Buy, and 1 rated it as Underweight. New Gold Inc. is expected to report earnings per share of $0 for the current quarter.

New Gold Inc. (AMEX:NGD) trade information

Instantly NGD has showed a red trend with a performance of -0.78% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 1.3400 on Friday, 04/28/23 increased the stock’s daily price by 4.48%. The company’s shares are currently up 30.61% year-to-date, but still down -0.78% over the last five days. On the other hand, New Gold Inc. (AMEX:NGD) is 15.32% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 1.79 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 0.34 day(s).

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $1.46, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 12.33% from its current value. Analyst projections state that NGD is forecast to be at a low of $1.04 and a high of $2.02. In order for the stock price to hit the forecast high, the stock would need to plunge -57.81% from its current level, while the stock would need to crash 18.75% from its current level to reach the projected low.

New Gold Inc. (NGD) estimates and forecasts

New Gold Inc. share prices are performing particularly well compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have risen 36.17 percent over the past six months and at a 275.00% annual growth rate that is well above the industry average of 20.80%. Moreover, analysts have decided to roll up on their fiscal year 2023 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict that it will gain 100.00% in revenue this quarter, and will report an increase of 150.00% in the next quarter. The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 25.00%, up from the previous year.

Consensus estimates provided by 2 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of $181.56 million in revenue for the current quarter. 2 analysts expect New Gold Inc. to make $201.38 million in revenue for the quarter ending Sep 2023. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were $115.7 million and $149.11 million respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 56.90%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 35.10%.

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 2.78%. New Gold Inc. earnings are expected to increase by 225.00% in 2023, but the outlook is positive 5.00% per year for the next five years.

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New Gold Inc.’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on April 27.

New Gold Inc. (AMEX:NGD)’s Major holders

Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 0.35% of New Gold Inc. shares, and 52.41% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 52.59%. New Gold Inc. stock is held by 222 institutions, with VanEck ETF Trust-VanEck Gold Miners ETF being the largest institutional investor. By Mar 30, 2023, it held 5.85% of the shares, which is about 39.97 million shares worth $43.96 million.

VanEck ETF Trust-VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF, with 3.77% or 25.71 million shares worth $28.28 million as of Mar 30, 2023, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.

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