Brokerages expect Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE:STNG) to announce sales of $155.99 million for the current quarter, Zacks Investment Research reports. Five analysts have provided estimates for Scorpio Tankers’ earnings, with the highest sales estimate coming in at $159.34 million and the lowest estimate coming in at $150.59 million. Scorpio Tankers reported sales of $118.42 million during the same quarter last year, which indicates a positive year over year growth rate of 31.7%. The business is scheduled to issue its next quarterly earnings results on Monday, September 17th.
On average, analysts expect that Scorpio Tankers will report full year sales of $678.08 million for the current fiscal year, with estimates ranging from $624.51 million to $723.00 million. For the next financial year, analysts expect that the business will report sales of $734.69 million per share, with estimates ranging from $656.72 million to $837.62 million. Zacks’ sales calculations are a mean average based on a survey of sell-side analysts that cover Scorpio Tankers.
Get Scorpio Tankers alerts:Scorpio Tankers (NYSE:STNG) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April 25th. The shipping company reported ($0.10) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.08) by ($0.02). Scorpio Tankers had a negative return on equity of 7.61% and a negative net margin of 32.67%. The business had revenue of $156.50 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $154.72 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.07) EPS. Scorpio Tankers’s quarterly revenue was up 27.4% on a year-over-year basis.
STNG has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Bank of America cut their target price on Scorpio Tankers from $3.85 to $2.75 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 19th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Scorpio Tankers from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 3rd. Deutsche Bank restated a “buy” rating on shares of Scorpio Tankers in a research note on Tuesday, April 10th. DNB Markets upgraded Scorpio Tankers from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 25th. Finally, Morgan Stanley cut their target price on Scorpio Tankers from $3.50 to $3.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 25th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. The company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $4.21.
Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in Scorpio Tankers by 14.4% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 21,792,389 shares of the shipping company’s stock valued at $42,713,000 after acquiring an additional 2,743,205 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its holdings in Scorpio Tankers by 232.0% during the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 16,105,736 shares of the shipping company’s stock valued at $49,123,000 after acquiring an additional 11,255,133 shares during the period. BlackRock Inc. raised its holdings in Scorpio Tankers by 8.9% during the 1st quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 12,131,850 shares of the shipping company’s stock valued at $23,779,000 after acquiring an additional 993,468 shares during the period. Russell Investments Group Ltd. raised its holdings in Scorpio Tankers by 40.6% during the 1st quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 7,339,738 shares of the shipping company’s stock valued at $14,385,000 after acquiring an additional 2,121,265 shares during the period. Finally, Nuveen Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in Scorpio Tankers by 1.3% during the 1st quarter. Nuveen Asset Management LLC now owns 6,184,122 shares of the shipping company’s stock valued at $12,121,000 after acquiring an additional 80,911 shares during the period. 57.04% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Shares of NYSE STNG traded up $0.13 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $3.03. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 9,255,893 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,591,684. Scorpio Tankers has a 12-month low of $1.85 and a 12-month high of $4.20. The company has a market capitalization of $961.73 million, a PE ratio of -6.45 and a beta of 1.34. The company has a quick ratio of 1.05, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.55.
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 28th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 6th will be issued a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 5th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.32%. Scorpio Tankers’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -8.51%.
Scorpio Tankers Company Profile
Scorpio Tankers Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the seaborne transportation of refined petroleum products worldwide. As of March 22, 2018, its fleet consisted of 109 tankers, including 38 LR2, 12 LR1, 45 MR, and 14 Handymax tankers with an average age of approximately 2.6 years; and 20 time or bareboat chartered-in tankers, which include 2 LR2, 10 MR, and 8 Handymax tankers.
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