NASDAQ:FRTA - Forterra Stock Price, Forecast & News

Forterra trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FRTA."

Forterra Inc (NASDAQ:FRTA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 4th. The construction company reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.12 by $0.23. The construction company earned $464.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $439.68 million. Forterra had a negative net margin of 1.10% and a negative return on equity of 15.65%. Forterra's quarterly revenue was up 6.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.09 earnings per share. View Forterra's Earnings History.

Forterra is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, March 9th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Forterra.

6 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Forterra's shares. Their forecasts range from $5.50 to $10.00. On average, they anticipate Forterra's share price to reach $7.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 31.1%. View Analyst Price Targets for Forterra.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Forterra in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Forterra.

News headlines about FRTA stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Forterra earned a news sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Forterra.

Forterra saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,950,000 shares, a drop of 5.0% from the October 31st total of 4,160,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 254,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 15.5 days. Currently, 21.7% of the company's stock are sold short. View Forterra's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Forterra include AAON (AAON), Advanced Drainage Systems (WMS), Summit Materials (SUM), ABM Industries (ABM), Fluor Co. (NEW) (FLR), Meritage Homes (MTH), M.D.C. (MDC), Jeld-Wen (JELD), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Altair Engineering (ALTR), Apergy (APY), TRI Pointe Group (TPH), BALFOUR BEATTY/S (BAFYY), Grafton Group (GROUF) and Norbord (OSB).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Forterra investors own include Intelsat (I), Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (BW), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), Bank of America (BAC), Fossil Group (FOSL), AMC Entertainment (AMC), Ciena (CIEN), First Data (FDC), Associated British Foods (ABF) and Chaarat Gold (CGH).

(FRTA) raised $368 million in an initial public offering (IPO) on Thursday, October 20th 2016. The company issued 18,400,000 shares at $19.00-$21.00 per share. Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Barclays, Deutsche Bank Securities and RBC Capital Markets served as the underwriters for the IPO and Oppenheimer, Stephens and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey were co-managers.

Forterra's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Water Asset Management LLC (0.57%), State Street Corp (0.48%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.12%), Commonwealth Equity Services LLC (0.12%), Millennium Management LLC (0.07%) and Tokio Marine Asset Management Co. Ltd. (0.06%). Company insiders that own Forterra stock include Charles Rodney Brown, Clinton D Mcdonnough, Jeff Bradley, Karl Watson, Lori M Browne and Vikrant Bhatia. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Forterra.

FRTA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Water Asset Management LLC, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC and Commonwealth Equity Services LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Forterra.

FRTA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tokio Marine Asset Management Co. Ltd., Squarepoint Ops LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Barclays PLC, State Street Corp and Tower Research Capital LLC TRC. Company insiders that have bought Forterra stock in the last two years include Charles Rodney Brown, Clinton D Mcdonnough, Jeff Bradley, Karl Watson, Lori M Browne and Vikrant Bhatia. View Insider Buying and Selling for Forterra.

Shares of FRTA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FRTA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $10.71.

Forterra has a market capitalization of $691.44 million and generates $1.48 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $-24,360,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.44) on an earnings per share basis. Forterra employs 4,672 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Forterra.

The official website for Forterra is http://www.forterrabp.com/.

Forterra's mailing address is 511 E. JOHN CARPENTER FREEWAY 6TH FLOOR, IRVING TX, 75062. The construction company can be reached via phone at 469-458-7973 or via email at [email protected]