Yara International ASA (OTCMKTS:YARIY) Stock Passes Above 50-Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

Shares of Yara International ASA (OTCMKTS:YARIY) crossed above its fifty day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of $14.30 and traded as high as $15.30. Yara International ASA shares last traded at $15.30, with a volume of 12,957 shares.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, BNP Paribas raised Yara International ASA to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, February 14th.

Yara International ASA Trading Up 1.1 %

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a current ratio of 1.83. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $14.30 and a 200 day simple moving average of $14.55. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 510.00 and a beta of 0.99.

Yara International ASA (OTCMKTS:YARIY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 14th. The basic materials company reported $0.18 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.51 by ($0.33). Yara International ASA had a net margin of 0.10% and a return on equity of 7.70%. As a group, research analysts expect that Yara International ASA will post 1.33 EPS for the current year.

About Yara International ASA

Yara International ASA provides crop nutrition and industrial solutions in Norway, European Union, Europe, Africa, Asia, North and Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand. The company offers ammonium- and urea-based fertilizers; compound fertilizers that contain nutrients, such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium; coatings; biostimulants; organic-based fertilizers; green fertilizers are nitrate-based mineral fertilizers, as well as foliar and fertigation solutions; and nitrate, calcium nitrate, micronutrient, and fertigation and urea fertilizers.