Gerdau S.A. (GGB) Stock Analysis
Basic Materials · Steel
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $4.55 — A.R:R is negative (-0.2) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (2.3% away).
Gerdau S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a steel producer company. It operates through Brazil Business, North America Business, and South America Business segments. The company offers rebars, bars, wires, thick plates, hot rolled coils, billets, blooms, plates,... Read more
Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $4.55 — A.R:R is negative (-0.2) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (2.3% away). Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/7 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news boost analyst 0.60, earnings proximity 96d clear, semi cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
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1 floor-breaker·1 ceiling hit
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Analyst target reached at $4.55 — A.R:R is negative (-0.2) — price has exceeded the analyst target. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Near 52-week high (2.3% away). Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $4.31. Score 5.7/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $4.51 (-1.0% upside). Prior stop was $4.31. Stop-loss: $4.31.
Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining; Near 52-week high (2.3% away); Consecutive earnings misses (4).
Gerdau S.A. trades at a P/E of 26.1 (forward 7.8). TrendMatrix value score: 8.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
20 analysts cover GGB with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $5.
What does Gerdau S.A. do?Gerdau S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a steel producer company. It operates through Brazil Business,...
Gerdau S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a steel producer company. It operates through Brazil Business, North America Business, and South America Business segments. The company offers rebars, bars, wires, thick plates, hot rolled coils, billets, blooms, plates, wire rods, and structural profiles. It also provides special steel products for agricultural, automotive, construction, distribution, energy, industrial, and mining markets. In addition, it operates mines that produce iron ore located in Brazil. The company was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.