Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (NYSE: BEP) Bullish Outlook Still Prevails With Short Term Targets At $37.00

Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (NYSE:BEP) does about 407.67K shares in volume on a normal day but saw 406105 shares change hands in Friday trading. The company now has a market cap of 7.67B USD. Its current market price is $27.86, marking an increase of 0.65% compared to the previous close of $27.68. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $41.95 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $24.13. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $27.94 and a low of $27.64.

Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (BEP) has a 20-day trading average at $28.33 and the current price is -33.59% off the 52-week high compared with 15.46% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $27.48 and its 200-day simple moving average is $32.46. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 1.93%, which increases to 2.17% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 48.90 to suggest the stock is neutral.

15 analysts observing the Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (BEP) stock have set the 12-month price targets for the company’s shares at between $33.00 and $44.00. The consensus objective for the share price is $38.37, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 27.39% over the period. The median price target is 24.7% away from the current levels at $37.00.

FactSet Research has provided data showing that 15 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 2 advise that it is a overweight. 10 analysts have rated it as a buy and 3 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Overweight and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Moderate Buy the stock.

The company shares received a number of brokerage firm price updates over the past month, with the latest being on October 18, 2022 when TD Securities resumed the stock to “Buy” and issued a price target of $41. TD Securities upgraded the stock to “Buy” from Hold on May 09, 2022 at a price target of $41. TD Securities downgraded its price target at $41.

The current price level is -1.82%, 1.40%, and -14.26% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the BEP price moving above the 50-day SMA on February 17. Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (BEP) stock is up 2.39% over the week and -2.96% over the past month. Its price is 9.94% year-to-date and -18.44% over the past year.

The stock last released its quarterly earnings report for quarter ended 12/30/2022, with the company’s earnings per share (EPS) of -$0.16 below consensus estimates by -$0.08. The company’s next earnings report is expected on 05/04/2023, with forecasts estimating quarterly EPS at -$0.08 and $0.12 for whole year. BEP’s earnings per share are forecast to grow by 120.00% this year and 16.70% over next year. Expected sales for next quarter are $1.37 billion, which analysts say will come at $3.91 billion for the current fiscal year and next year at $4.47 billion. In addition, estimates put the company’s current quarterly revenue at an average of $1.28 billion.

Its 12-month price target is $37.00. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 27.39 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $33.00, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $44.00.

Outstanding shares total 275.29M with insiders holding 0.00% of the shares and institutional holders owning 61.94% of the company’s common stock. The forward price to earnings ratio is 199.00. Price to book ratio is 1.29 and price to sales ratio is 1.63.

According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Principal Investors – Mid Cap Fun has added its position in Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. (BEP) to 5,398,087 shares, mirroring a recent increase by 0.38%. Principal Investors – Mid Cap Fun added 20363.0 shares of Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. common stock bringing its total worth to about $157.35 million at the end of recent close, SEC documents show. Principal Investors – Mid Cap Fun isn’t the only investment manager who changed stakes and is followed by Scotia Canadian Dividend Fund, which added 1.48 million shares to end up with 4,222,500 shares worth $123.09 million. Imperial Canadian Dividend Income raise their holdings by 98.26% in the company over the course of the most recent quarter. It now holds a 0.90% position in Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. thanks to 2.49 million shares amounting to $72.51 million.

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