NASDAQ:PEIX - Pacific Ethanol Stock Price, Price Target & More

Pacific Ethanol trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PEIX."

Pacific Ethanol Inc (NASDAQ:PEIX) issued its earnings results on Friday, May, 11th. The oil and gas company reported ($0.19) earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.29) by $0.10. The oil and gas company earned $400.03 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $411.18 million. Pacific Ethanol had a negative net margin of 1.83% and a negative return on equity of 7.78%. View Pacific Ethanol's Earnings History.

Pacific Ethanol is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 31st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Pacific Ethanol.

3 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Pacific Ethanol's shares. Their forecasts range from $7.00 to $14.00. On average, they anticipate Pacific Ethanol's stock price to reach $11.3333 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 290.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Pacific Ethanol.

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

Pacific Ethanol saw a decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 767,280 shares, a decline of 64.5% from the June 15th total of 2,162,454 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,467,589 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.5 days. Currently, 1.8% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Pacific Ethanol's Current Options Chain.

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Media coverage about PEIX stock has trended somewhat positive on Sunday, Accern reports. Accern scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Pacific Ethanol earned a news sentiment score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the oil and gas company an impact score of 45.61 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

Pacific Ethanol's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include DnB Asset Management AS (5.53%) and Foundry Partners LLC (2.62%). Company insiders that own Pacific Ethanol stock include Bryon T Mcgregor, Candlewood Investment Group, L, Christopher W Wright, John L Prince, Larry D Layne, Michael D Kandris, Neil M Koehler, Paul Koehler and William L Jones. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Pacific Ethanol.

PEIX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DnB Asset Management AS. View Insider Buying and Selling for Pacific Ethanol.

PEIX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Foundry Partners LLC. Company insiders that have bought Pacific Ethanol stock in the last two years include Bryon T Mcgregor, Larry D Layne, Michael D Kandris, Neil M Koehler and Paul Koehler. View Insider Buying and Selling for Pacific Ethanol.

Shares of PEIX 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PEIX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $2.90.

Pacific Ethanol has a market capitalization of $127.05 million and generates $1.63 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas company earns $-34,960,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.85) on an earnings per share basis. Pacific Ethanol employs 560 workers across the globe.

Pacific Ethanol's mailing address is 400 CAPITOL MALL SUITE 2060, SACRAMENTO CA, 95814. The oil and gas company can be reached via phone at 916-403-2123 or via email at [email protected]