On Tuesday, Following Stocks were among the “Top 100 Losers” of U.S. Stock Market: Bellatrix Exploration Ltd (NYSE:BXE), EXCO Resources Inc (NYSE:XCO), FreeSeas Inc (NASDAQ:FREE), Gevo, Inc (NASDAQ:GEVO)
Bellatrix Exploration Ltd (NYSE:BXE)’s shares dwindled -4.02%, and closed at $2.39. The stock has the beta value of 2.95, and its volatility for the week is 6.81%, while for the month it is 6.59%. The company has the market capitalization of $477.96M. The company holds the book value per share of 4.90. Price to book ratio remained 0.49, while price to sale ratio is 1.24. Analysts mean recommendation for the stock is said to be 2.30 (where 1=Buy, 5=sale).
Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. is engaged in the exploration for, and the acquisition, development, and production of oil and natural gas reserves in Canada. It focuses on developing light oil and liquids-rich natural gas properties on its two core resource plays, the Cardium and the Notikewin/Falher intervals in Western Canada. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
EXCO Resources Inc (NYSE:XCO), declined -3.82%, and closed at $1.51. The company has the market capitalization of $429.81M. The beta value of the stock is 1.22. On the other hand the stock’s volatility for the week is 14.58%, and for the month is 8.80%. The stock’s price to book ratio is $0.80, however price to sale ratio is $0.63. Analyst’s mean recommendation regarding this stock is 4.00. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
EXCO Resources, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, exploitation, development, and production of onshore oil and natural gas properties with a focus on shale resource plays in the United States. The company holds interests in approximately 85,300 net acres located in the Haynesville and Bossier shales of East Texas and North Louisiana; approximately 52,900 net acres located in the Eagle Ford shale of South Texas; and approximately 157,000 net acres of prospective area located in the Marcellus shale of the Appalachian basin. As of December 31, 2014, it had proved reserves of approximately 1.3 trillion cubic feet equivalent; and operated 6,559 gross wells. The company was founded in 1955 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
FreeSeas Inc (NASDAQ:FREE), dipped -13.60%, and closed at $0.0648, hitting new 52-week low of $0.06. The stock has price to sale ratio of 0.42, however, price to book ratio is 0.06. With recent decline, the year-to-date (YTD) performance reflected a -27.00% decline below last year. During the past month the stocks lose -34.30%, bringing three-month performance to -37.73% and six-month performance to -78.81%.
FreeSeas Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides drybulk shipping services. Its vessels carry various drybulk commodities, such as iron ore, grain, and coal, as well as bauxite, phosphate, fertilizers, steel products, cement, sugar, and rice. Its fleet consists of five Handysize vessels and one Handymax vessel. As of April 2, 2014, its operational fleet had approximately 197,200 deadweight tons with the average age of 16.6 years. The company was formerly known as Adventure Holdings S.A. and changed its name to FreeSeas Inc. in April 2005. FreeSeas Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Athens, Greece.
Gevo, Inc (NASDAQ:GEVO), dropped -3.67%, and closed at $0.236. The stock volatility for the week is 9.50%, while for the month remained 14.60%. The company holds consensus target price of $ 1.50.
If we consider EPS growth of the company, then the company indicated the following observations:
The company showed -0.79 diluted EPS growth for trailing twelve months. However, YTD EPS growth remained 20.40% and Annual EPS growth for the past 5 years is considered as -20.20%.
The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.00. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Gevo, Inc., a renewable chemicals and biofuels company, focuses primarily on the production and sale of isobutanol and related products from renewable feedstocks. Isobutanol is a four-carbon alcohol, which is used as a specialty chemical in the production of solvents, paints, and coatings or as a value-added gasoline blendstock. The company produces and separates its renewable isobutanol through the Gevo Integrated Fermentation Technology platform. It also produces and sells ethanol and related products. The company was formerly known as Methanotech, Inc. and changed its name to Gevo, Inc. in March 2006. Gevo, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
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