Media stories about Vertex Energy (NASDAQ:VTNR) have been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Vertex Energy earned a coverage optimism score of 0.19 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news stories about the industrial products company an impact score of 46.3252189298851 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the immediate future.
Here are some of the media headlines that may have effected Accern Sentiment’s rankings:
- Vertex Energy, Inc. Announces Second Quarter and Year-to-Date 2017 Financial Results (finance.yahoo.com)
- Vertex Energy, Inc (VTNR) Expected to Announce Earnings of -$0.04 Per Share (americanbankingnews.com)
- Investors Keen on a Bargain are Looking at Vertex Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:VTNR) - FLBC News (flbcnews.com)
- Critical Analysis: Vertex Energy (NASDAQ:VTNR) & Sharps Compliance Corp (SMED) (americanbankingnews.com)
- Advanced Disposal Services (ADSW) & Vertex Energy (NASDAQ:VTNR) Critical Contrast (americanbankingnews.com)
Shares of Vertex Energy (NASDAQ:VTNR) opened at 1.01 on Wednesday. Vertex Energy has a 1-year low of $0.90 and a 1-year high of $1.80. The company has a 50 day moving average of $1.03 and a 200 day moving average of $1.14. The company’s market cap is $32.47 million.
Vertex Energy (NASDAQ:VTNR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 10th. The industrial products company reported ($0.12) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.05) by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $34.77 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $30.03 million. Vertex Energy had a negative return on equity of 16.86% and a negative net margin of 5.63%. Equities analysts expect that Vertex Energy will post ($0.21) earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
VTNR has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Vertex Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 16th. ValuEngine upgraded shares of Vertex Energy from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 2nd.
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Vertex Energy Company Profile
Vertex Energy, Inc is an environmental services company that recycles industrial waste streams and off-specification commercial chemical products. The Company focuses on recycling used motor oil and other petroleum by-products. The Company’s segments include the Black Oil, Refining and Marketing, and Recovery divisions.
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