Two Hot Stocks of the Day: Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI), EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT)

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI)

The shares of Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) started off the last trading session with the price of $139.2 while closing the day with the price of $134.66. The shares of Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) Fell -8.42% with the Loss of -4.54 points.

The shares of Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) traded with the day volume of 1.86 Million shares whereas its average trading volume is 750.74 Million.

While analyzing the past performance of the stock we can see that the shares of Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) Loss -10.13% in the last week while Falling -8.75% in the last month. Past quarter performance shows the red light with -21.65%. The semi-annual and annual performance shows -16.15% and -34.34% respectively.

Some critical values of the shares of Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) to be discussed here are: the beta which shows the value at 1.33 while Average True Range of Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) demonstrate the value at 4.54. The weekly and monthly volatility of the shares of Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) are indicated at 2.63% and 2.91%. Also to discuss here is the Relative Strength Index or RSI which is depicted at 28.65.

While studying the financial position of the shares of Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI), we can see that the Market capitalization of the company is at 5.67 Billion. The shares outstanding for the company is 42.08 Million and the shares float stands at 41.7 Million. The income of the company stand at 311.5 Million while the sales stand at 3.5 Billion.

Here are some critical ratios for a financial perspective: Earnings Per Share or EPS of the company stand at 7.28, Price to Earnings or P/E is at 18.51, Price to Sales P/S show the value of 1.62, the Return on Asset ROA stood at 0.108 and the Return on Equity ROE depicted at 0.185 while Return on Investment ROI is at 0.172.


EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT)

EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) started its previous trading session at $48.98 and closed at $48.77 showing a Fell of -1.55 Percent.

The Company traded with an average Volume of 3.86 Million whereas, its Day Volume stood at 1.86 Million.

Looking at the performance of the stock, EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) Loss -1.93% in the last week in its shares price and -2.09% in the last month. Quarterly performance shows a red of -10.38 Percent while Semi-Annual and Annual performances shows a -24.39 and -14.08 percent respectively.

Beta for EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) stands at 0.72 while the ATR (average true range) is at 1.62. The Stock’s Weekly and Monthly Volatility is 2.60% and 2.80% respectively showing a RSI value of 38.84.

While studying the financial position of the shares of EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT), we can see that the Market capitalization of the company is at 12.71 Billion. The shares outstanding for the company is 260.7 Million and the shares float stands at 260.7 Million.

The Company generated an income of 308.5 Million and the sales of 3.38 Billion in the Trailing Twelve Months period.

While analyzing the stock from technical aspects, Diluted Earnings per share stands at $1.66 a share. P/E (price to earnings) and P/S (price to sales) values are 29.31 and 3.76 respectively.

The Return on Assets stands at 0.078, ROE shows a value of 0.192 and ROI for EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) is 0.04 as of Trailing Twelve Months period.

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