Media headlines about Omega Protein Corporation (NYSE:OME) have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Omega Protein Corporation earned a news sentiment score of 0.10 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave media stories about the company an impact score of 45.8226447961559 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the next few days.
Here are some of the news articles that may have impacted Accern Sentiment Analysis’s rankings:
- Omega Protein Corporation (OME) Scheduled to Post Earnings on Wednesday (americanbankingnews.com)
- Serum Protein Electrophoresis Market: Global Industry Research, Procedure Study, Interpretation, Test Reports, Pattern Analysis and Forecast 2025 (sbwire.com)
- Health Benefits of Omega-3, and Expanding Aquaculture Activities are Key Driving Factors of Global Fish Oil Market (econotimes.com)
- Omega Protein Corporation (OME) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” from Analysts (americanbankingnews.com)
- FMI Releases New Report on Soy Protein Ingredient Market (mynewsdesk.com)
Shares of Omega Protein Corporation (NYSE:OME) traded down 0.63% on Thursday, hitting $15.85. The company had a trading volume of 117,306 shares. The firm has a market capitalization of $355.67 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.66 and a beta of 0.24. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $17.11 and a 200 day moving average price of $20.30. Omega Protein Corporation has a 1-year low of $15.75 and a 1-year high of $26.99.
Omega Protein Corporation (NYSE:OME) last announced its earnings results on Monday, May 8th. The company reported $0.26 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.26. The business had revenue of $73.57 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $68.57 million. Omega Protein Corporation had a return on equity of 12.68% and a net margin of 8.06%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.40 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Omega Protein Corporation will post $1.09 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Several research firms have weighed in on OME. Pivotal Research lowered their price objective on Omega Protein Corporation from $18.00 to $15.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, July 7th. ValuEngine cut Omega Protein Corporation from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, June 2nd. Sidoti reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Omega Protein Corporation in a research report on Friday, March 31st. BidaskClub cut Omega Protein Corporation from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 19th. Finally, Zacks Investment Research upgraded Omega Protein Corporation from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and six have assigned a hold rating to the company’s stock. The company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $23.75.
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Omega Protein Corporation Company Profile
Omega Protein Corporation is a nutritional products company that develops, produces and delivers nutritious products. The Company operates through two segments: animal nutrition and human nutrition. The Company’s animal nutrition segment consists of two subsidiaries: Omega Protein, Inc (Omega Protein) and Omega Shipyard, Inc (Omega Shipyard).
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