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Vasta Platform (NASDAQ:VSTA) Shares Down 0.2% - Here's What Happened

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Vasta Platform Limited (NASDAQ:VSTA - Get Free Report) shares traded down 0.2% during trading on Friday . The stock traded as low as $4.00 and last traded at $4.05. 4,813 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 93% from the average session volume of 66,355 shares. The stock had previously closed at $4.06.

Vasta Platform Trading Down 0.2%

The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $4.18 and a 200 day simple moving average of $3.65. The company has a current ratio of 1.21, a quick ratio of 1.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. The firm has a market capitalization of $324.81 million, a PE ratio of 4.01, a P/E/G ratio of 0.27 and a beta of -0.12.

Vasta Platform (NASDAQ:VSTA - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.06 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $75.32 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $414.00 million. Vasta Platform had a net margin of 26.56% and a return on equity of 0.98%. Equities analysts expect that Vasta Platform Limited will post 0.19 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Vasta Platform

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Vasta Platform Limited provides educational printed and digital solutions to private schools operating in the K-12 education sector in Brazil. The company offers digital and printed textbooks, teacher handbooks, exercise books, multidisciplinary subject books, and student evaluations; and PAR platform that allows schools to select their preferred books and materials and follow their own specific teaching methods.

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