Braskem - BAK Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Braskem in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" BAK shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BAK, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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8 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Braskem's stock. Their BAK share price forecasts range from $20.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $32.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 142.7% from the stock's current price.
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Braskem's stock was trading at $21.09 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, BAK shares have decreased by 36.7% and is now trading at $13.35.
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Braskem saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 708,600 shares, an increase of 36.7% from the June 30th total of 518,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 241,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.9 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, November 8th 2022.
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Braskem S.A. (NYSE:BAK) released its earnings results on Tuesday, August, 3rd. The company reported $3.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.22 by $1.30. The firm earned $4.99 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.72 billion. Braskem had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 51.71% and a net margin of 5.91%.

Braskem declared an annual dividend on Monday, December 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 13th will be given a dividend of $2.7104 per share on Thursday, December 30th. This represents a yield of 11.6%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 10th.
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Braskem (NYSE:BAK) pays an annual dividend of $3.23 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 24.18%. BAK has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 104.53%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, BAK will have a dividend payout ratio of 169.11% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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31 employees have rated Braskem Chief Executive Officer Roberto Lopes Pontes Simões on Glassdoor.com. Roberto Lopes Pontes Simões has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Roberto Lopes Pontes Simões in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Braskem trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BAK."

Braskem's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.08%), State Street Corp (0.05%), Todd Asset Management LLC (0.04%), Assetmark Inc. (0.01%), Cetera Advisors LLC (0.01%) and Bank of Montreal Can (0.01%).

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One share of BAK stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.35.

Braskem (NYSE:BAK) has a market capitalization of $6.03 billion and generates $19.58 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $2.59 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.09 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 8,312 workers across the globe.

Braskem's mailing address is Rua Lemos Monteiro 120 24 andar, Butanta D5, 05501-050. The official website for the company is www.braskem.com.br. The company can be reached via phone at 551135769735, via email at braskem-ri@braskem.com, or via fax at 55-11-3576-9532.