News stories about Platform Specialty Products Corporation (NYSE:PAH) have been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Platform Specialty Products Corporation earned a news sentiment score of 0.03 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news stories about the specialty chemicals company an impact score of 46.9730145497707 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the immediate future.
Here are some of the media headlines that may have effected Accern Sentiment Analysis’s analysis:
- Platform Specialty Products Corp. – Value Analysis (NYSE:PAH) : August 5, 2017 (finance.yahoo.com)
- Platform Specialty Products Corporation (NYSE:PAH) Given Consensus Rating of “Buy” by Analysts (americanbankingnews.com)
- Watching the Tape Move for Platform Specialty Products Corp (PAH) - FLBC News (flbcnews.com)
- Schaff Trend Cycle in Focus For Platform Specialty Products Corp (PAH) - Berry Recorder (berryrecorder.com)
- Platform Specialty Products Corporation (PAH) stock RSI 72.48 value Indicates a sell possibility - Voice Of Analysts (analystsbuzz.com)
A number of analysts recently commented on PAH shares. ValuEngine raised shares of Platform Specialty Products Corporation from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 13th. Instinet decreased their price objective on shares of Platform Specialty Products Corporation to $14.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, June 13th. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Platform Specialty Products Corporation from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $15.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 10th. Finally, Nomura reissued a “buy” rating and set a $16.00 price objective on shares of Platform Specialty Products Corporation in a report on Tuesday, May 9th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the stock. The stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $12.50.
Shares of Platform Specialty Products Corporation (NYSE:PAH) traded down 0.89% during trading on Friday, reaching $14.45. 1,813,707 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged. Platform Specialty Products Corporation has a 52 week low of $6.85 and a 52 week high of $14.70. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $12.88 and its 200 day moving average price is $12.91. The firm’s market capitalization is $4.14 billion.
Platform Specialty Products Corporation (NYSE:PAH) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May 8th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.04. Platform Specialty Products Corporation had a net margin of 1.18% and a return on equity of 6.77%. The company had revenue of $861.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $835.22 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.11 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.6% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts predict that Platform Specialty Products Corporation will post $0.79 EPS for the current fiscal year.
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