Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) Stock Crosses Below 50-Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. (NASDAQ:PANL)’s share price crossed below its fifty day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of $8.08 and traded as low as $7.09. Pangaea Logistics Solutions shares last traded at $7.24, with a volume of 576,934 shares changing hands.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Pangaea Logistics Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, March 22nd. Zacks Research lowered shares of Pangaea Logistics Solutions from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 6th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Pangaea Logistics Solutions in a research report on Friday, March 27th. Finally, B. Riley Financial reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Pangaea Logistics Solutions in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $9.00.

Pangaea Logistics Solutions Stock Up 0.7%

The company has a current ratio of 1.69, a quick ratio of 1.46 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69. The company has a market capitalization of $472.91 million, a PE ratio of 23.35 and a beta of 0.89. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $8.08 and its 200-day simple moving average is $6.88.

Pangaea Logistics Solutions (NASDAQ:PANL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The shipping company reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.18 by ($0.02). Pangaea Logistics Solutions had a return on equity of 3.80% and a net margin of 3.06%.The business had revenue of $183.88 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $181.75 million. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. will post 0.43 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Pangaea Logistics Solutions Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 13th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 27th were given a dividend of $0.05 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 27th. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.8%. Pangaea Logistics Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 64.52%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Pangaea Logistics Solutions

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in PANL. Millennium Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Pangaea Logistics Solutions by 1,846.9% during the 4th quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 438,987 shares of the shipping company’s stock valued at $3,020,000 after purchasing an additional 416,439 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Pangaea Logistics Solutions by 44.6% during the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 373,734 shares of the shipping company’s stock valued at $2,571,000 after purchasing an additional 115,257 shares in the last quarter. Numerai GP LLC purchased a new position in shares of Pangaea Logistics Solutions during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $751,000. First Trust Advisors LP purchased a new position in shares of Pangaea Logistics Solutions during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $532,000. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in shares of Pangaea Logistics Solutions by 4.1% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,533,085 shares of the shipping company’s stock valued at $17,428,000 after purchasing an additional 100,331 shares in the last quarter. 60.23% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Pangaea Logistics Solutions Company Profile

Pangaea Logistics Solutions Ltd. is a global transportation and logistics company that provides ocean transportation and integrated logistics services. The company operates a fleet of drybulk vessels, including Handysize, Supramax and Ultramax carriers, to transport commodities such as coal, grain, minerals, ores and steel products. In parallel, Pangaea offers asset-light logistics solutions spanning freight forwarding, supply chain management and project cargo services, enabling end-to-end transport for bulk and breakbulk shipments.

Founded in 2012 as a spin-off from an established maritime shipping group, Pangaea Logistics Solutions went public on the Nasdaq in 2013 under the ticker PANL.