NYSE:PQG - PQ Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

PQ Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PQG."

PQ Group Holdings Inc (NYSE:PQG) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The company reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.29 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $423.80 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $425.54 million. PQ Group had a net margin of 5.56% and a return on equity of 7.68%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down .8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.26 EPS. View PQ Group's Earnings History.

PQ Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 20th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for PQ Group.

PQ Group updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 31st. The company provided EPS guidance of ~$0.84-0.87 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.93. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.56-1.58 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.60 billion.

4 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for PQ Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $19.00. On average, they expect PQ Group's share price to reach $17.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PQ Group.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PQ Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for PQ Group.

News headlines about PQG stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. PQ Group earned a news impact score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for PQ Group.

PQ Group saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 240,600 shares, an increase of 14.0% from the December 15th total of 211,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 110,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company's shares are short sold. View PQ Group's Current Options Chain.

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(PQG) raised $638 million in an initial public offering on Friday, September 29th 2017. The company issued 29,000,000 shares at a price of $21.00-$23.00 per share. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Credit Suisse served as the underwriters for the IPO and J.P. Morgan, Jefferies, Deutsche Bank Securities, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Evercore ISI and Nomura were co-managers.

PQ Group's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.20%) and Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own PQ Group stock include David James Taylor, Ineos Investments Partnership, Jonny Ginns, Kyle D Vann, Paul Ferrall and Ray Kolberg. View Institutional Ownership Trends for PQ Group.

PQG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LGT Capital Partners LTD. and Bowling Portfolio Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought PQ Group stock in the last two years include David James Taylor, Jonny Ginns and Kyle D Vann. View Insider Buying and Selling for PQ Group.

Shares of PQG 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 PQG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $16.30.

PQ Group has a market capitalization of $2.22 billion and generates $1.61 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $58.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.87 on an earnings per share basis. PQ Group employs 3,188 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About PQ Group.

The official website for PQ Group is http://www.pqcorp.com/.

PQ Group's mailing address is 300 LINDENWOOD DRIVE, MALVERN PA, 19355. The company can be reached via phone at 610-651-4400.