Ituran Location and Control Ltd. Shares Close in on 52-Week High - Market Mover

Fundamentals & Catalysts

• Over the past 12 months the company generated $58 million in earnings before interest and taxes from $247 million in revenue. It currently holds $61 million in cash and $96 million in debt.
• Its forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 0 is higher than its current P/E ratio of -92.92, implying that analysts are expecting a decrease in earnings.
• The company's price/earnings-to-growth ratio (PEG Ratio), a widely used indicator of a stock's true value while also factoring in expected earnings growth, currently stands at 0.72. A fairly valued company should have a PEG ratio of 1.0. When a company's PEG exceeds 1.0, it's considered overvalued while a stock with a PEG of less than 1.0 is considered undervalued.
• The company's debt-to-equity ratio, which measures the extent to which it finances its operations through debt, currently stands at 2.59 which means it currently has $2.59 of debt for every $1 of equity. Generally speaking, a debt to equity ratio below 1.0 is seen as relatively safe, while ratios of 2.0 or higher would be considered risky. Some industries are known for having much higher debt to equity ratios than others.
• The company's price-to-book ratio, which measures the market's valuation of a company relative to its book value, currently stands at 4.38. This means that the stock is trading at a premium of 4 times relative to the company's book value which reflects the total value of a company's assets that shareholders of that company would receive if the company were to be liquidated.
• The company's price-to-sales ratio, which shows how much the market values every dollar of the company's sales, currently stands at 2.06.
• The company's enterprise value-to-revenue multiple, which is often used to determine a company's valuation in the case of a potential acquisition, currently stands at 2.04.

Market Comparative Performance

• The company's share price is the same as the S&P 500 Index , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5-year basis
• The company's share price is the same as the Dow Jones Industrial Average , beats it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5-year basis
• The company share price is the same as the performance of its peers in the Information Technology industry sector , lags it on a 1-year basis, and lags it on a 5 year basis

Peer Group Comparative Performance

• The company's stock price performance year-to-date lags the peer average by -11.9%
• The company's stock price performance over the past 12 months lags the peer average by -60.1%

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