After Hours
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours.
Stocks Info
This NASDAQ-listed company operates within the Diagnostics & Research industry segment, falling under the Healthcare sector. The current market capitalization of Sotera Health Co is $3.88B. A total of 0.92 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 1.25M shares.
In the most recent transaction, WARBURG PINCUS & CO. sold 15,000,000 shares of SHC for 15.03 per share on Sep 06 ’24. After the transaction, the Director now owns 73,822,952 company shares. In a previous transaction on Sep 06 ’24, WARBURG PINCUS & CO. sold 15,000,000 shares at 15.03 per share. SHC shares that Director owns now total 73,822,952.
Among the insiders who sold shares, GTCR INVESTMENT XI LLC disposed of 10,000,000 shares on Sep 06 ’24 at a per-share price of $15.03. This resulted in the Director holding 49,215,301 shares of SHC after the transaction. In another insider transaction, WARBURG PINCUS & CO. sold 16,594,363 shares at $14.31 per share on Mar 04 ’24. Company shares held by the Director now total 88,822,952.
Even though price targets are rarely accurate, they do tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often considered important by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, SHC has a high of $17.44 and a low of $10.71.
As of this writing, SHC has an earnings estimate of $0.2 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 8.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.21 per share and a lower estimate of $0.19.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
In a balance sheet, you can see what assets and liabilities the company has, as well as how much equity investors have invested. These figures can be used to calculate a company’s financial ratios to give investors a better idea of its prospects. SHC’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $106.92M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $1.83B in debt and $161.16M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $1.66, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $586.10M.
Analysts Opinion
The risks associated with pre-market and after-hours trading may be slightly higher than the regular market hours. The reason is that extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular security due to lower liquidity and higher volatility as issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for SHC is Buy with a score of 4.00.
