Stocks to Watch: Aphria Inc. (APHA) and Ugi Corporation (UGI) on the Marquee

The price of Aphria Inc. (NYSE:APHA) went up by $0.48 now trading at $7.22. Their shares witnessed a 92.53% increase from the 52-week low price of $3.75 they recorded on 2018-12-06. Even though it is still -133.52% behind the $16.86 high touched on 2018-09-12. The last few days have been good for the stock, as its price has grew by 4.03% during the week. It has also performed poorly over the past three months, as it lost around -23.44% while it has so far retreated around -19.06% during the course of a year. The stock of APHA recorded 26.89% uptrend from the beginning of this year till date. The 12-month potential price target for Aphria Inc. is set at $0. This target means that the stock has an upside potential to increase by -100% from the current trading price.

92 institutions entered new Aphria Inc. (NYSE:APHA) positions, 115 added to their existing positions in these shares, 22 lowered their positions, and 17 exited their positions entirely.

Aphria Inc. (APHA) trade volume has increased by 20.96% as around 5,733,528 shares were sold when compared with its 50-day average volume of traded shares which is 4,740,144. At the moment, APHA is witnessing a downtrend, as it is trading -6.93% below its 20-day SMA, -19.84% below its 50-day SMA, and -25.34% below its 200-day SMA. The company runs an ROE of roughly 0%, with financial analysts predicting that their earnings per share growth will be around 0% per annum for the next five year. This will be compared to the 0% decrease witnessed over the past five years.

The first technical resistance point for Aphria Inc. (NYSE:APHA) will likely come at $7.38, marking a 2.17% premium to the current level. The second resistance point is at $7.54, about 4.24% premium to its current market price. On the other hand, inability to breach the immediate hurdles can drag it down to $6.58, the lower end of the range. APHA’s 14-day MACD is -0.31 and this negative figure indicates a downward trading trend. The company’s 14-day RSI (relative strength index) score is 39.45, which shows that its stock has been neutral. The 20-day historical volatility for the stock stands at 77.46 percent, which is high when compared to that of the 50-day’s 61.06 percent.

The shares of UGI Corporation (NYSE:UGI) has increased by 1.85%, and now trading at $55.01 on the Wall Street in the intra-day deal, with their shares traded now around 1,276,797. This is a decline of -63,773 shares over the average 1,340,570 shares that were traded daily over the last three months. The stock that is trading at $55.01 went higher by 14.2% from its 52-week low of $48.17 that it attained back on 2018-06-07. The stock recorded a 52-week high of $59.31 nearly 157 days ago on 2018-12-07.

UGI stock has performed well over the past 30 days, as it added 4.05% while its price climbed by 3.11% year-to-date (YTD). Looking at the last few days, it has been good for the stock, as it rose 0.55% over the last week. The stock’s 12-month potential target price is now at $59.6. This means that the stock price might likely increase by 8.34% from its current trading price. 4 out of 5 Wall Street analysts which represents 80% rated the stock as a buy while the remaining 0% rated it as a hold, with 20% of analysts rating it as a sell.

UGI Corporation (NYSE:UGI) has been utilizing an ROE that is roughly 10.4%, with stock analysts predicting that the company’s EPS for the next five years will go up by 8% per year, following the 14.2% raise that was witnessed during the past five years. The stock at the moment is on a uptrend, trading 2.75% above its 20-day SMA, 1.65% above its 50-day SMA, and 0.62% above its 200-day SMA. In percentage terms, the aggregate UGI Corporation shares held by institutional investors is 83.6%. 51 institutions jumped in to acquire UGI Corporation (UGI) fresh stake, 233 added to their current holdings in these shares, 183 lowered their positions, and 46 left no stake in the company.

The stock’s 9-day MACD is -0.19 and this negative figure indicates a downward trading trend. The company’s 9-day RSI score is 61.22, which shows that its stock has been neutral. The 20-day historical volatility for the shares stand at 18.3 percent, which is less when compared to that of the 50-day’s 22.2 percent. On the daily chart, we see that the stock could reach the first level of resistance at $55.42, sporting a 0.74% premium to the current level. The next resistance point is at $55.84, representing nearly 1.49% premium to the current market price of UGI Corporation (UGI). On the other hand, failure to breach the immediate hurdles can drag it down to $53.38, the lower end of the range.

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