Ultrapar Participações - UGP Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ultrapar Participações in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" UGP shares.
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2 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Ultrapar Participações' stock. Their UGP share price forecasts range from $3.60 to $3.60. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $3.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 38.5% from the stock's current price.
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Ultrapar Participações' stock was trading at $2.42 at the start of the year. Since then, UGP stock has increased by 7.4% and is now trading at $2.60.
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Ultrapar Participações saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 2,950,000 shares, an increase of 98.0% from the February 13th total of 1,490,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,480,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 10th 2023.
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Ultrapar Participações S.A. (NYSE:UGP) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 14th. The oil and gas company reported $0.03 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.04 by $0.01. The oil and gas company had revenue of $4.83 billion for the quarter. Ultrapar Participações had a net margin of 1.25% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.02%.
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Ultrapar Participações announced an annual dividend on Thursday, February 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.017 per share on Monday, March 13th. This represents a yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 24th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Ultrapar Participações (NYSE:UGP) stock in their portfolio include iShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure ETF (EMIF).

Ultrapar Participações (NYSE:UGP) pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.69%. The dividend payout ratio is 6.45%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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2 employees have rated Ultrapar Participações Chief Executive Officer Pedro Wongtschowski on Glassdoor.com. Pedro Wongtschowski has an approval rating of 58% among the company's employees. This puts Pedro Wongtschowski in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Ultrapar Participações trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "UGP."

Ultrapar Participações' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership (0.18%), Millennium Management LLC (0.17%), Marshall Wace LLP (0.12%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.09%), Credit Suisse AG (0.08%) and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.07%).

Shares of UGP stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of UGP stock can currently be purchased for approximately $2.60.

Ultrapar Participações (NYSE:UGP) has a market capitalization of $2.90 billion and generates $27.82 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas company earns $348.82 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.31 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 16,442 workers across the globe.

Ultrapar Participações' mailing address is AV. BRIGADEIRO LUIS ANTONIO 1343 9 ANDAR, SAO PAULO D5, 10019. The official website for the company is www.ultra.com.br. The oil and gas company can be reached via phone at 551131776695, via email at invest@ultra.com, or via fax at 55-11-3177-6107.