Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. (NYSE:AESI - Get Free Report) major shareholder Brian Anthony Leveille sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.02, for a total transaction of $720,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 432,010 shares in the company, valued at $10,376,880.20. The trade was a 6.49 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. Major shareholders that own at least 10% of a company's stock are required to disclose their transactions with the SEC.
Brian Anthony Leveille also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Thursday, November 21st, Brian Anthony Leveille sold 10,000 shares of Atlas Energy Solutions stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $21.50, for a total transaction of $215,000.00.
- On Monday, November 18th, Brian Anthony Leveille sold 10,000 shares of Atlas Energy Solutions stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.70, for a total value of $207,000.00.
- On Wednesday, November 6th, Brian Anthony Leveille sold 20,000 shares of Atlas Energy Solutions stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $21.39, for a total value of $427,800.00.
- On Tuesday, October 29th, Brian Anthony Leveille sold 10,000 shares of Atlas Energy Solutions stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $21.02, for a total value of $210,200.00.
- On Monday, October 14th, Brian Anthony Leveille sold 10,000 shares of Atlas Energy Solutions stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.50, for a total transaction of $205,000.00.
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Shares of NYSE:AESI opened at $23.42 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $21.18 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $21.04. Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. has a 52 week low of $15.55 and a 52 week high of $24.93. The company has a quick ratio of 1.08, a current ratio of 1.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.65, a PEG ratio of 13.12 and a beta of 0.69.
Atlas Energy Solutions (NYSE:AESI - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 28th. The company reported $0.04 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.29 by ($0.25). Atlas Energy Solutions had a net margin of 8.78% and a return on equity of 11.01%. The business had revenue of $304.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $307.93 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.51 EPS. The firm's revenue was up 93.1% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts expect that Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. will post 0.8 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Atlas Energy Solutions Increases Dividend
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 14th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 7th were issued a $0.24 dividend. This is a boost from Atlas Energy Solutions's previous quarterly dividend of $0.23. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 7th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.10%. Atlas Energy Solutions's payout ratio is 121.52%.
Institutional Trading of Atlas Energy Solutions
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of AESI. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its stake in Atlas Energy Solutions by 9,759.4% during the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 1,628,485 shares of the company's stock worth $36,838,000 after buying an additional 1,611,968 shares during the period. Cooke & Bieler LP boosted its stake in shares of Atlas Energy Solutions by 775.7% during the 2nd quarter. Cooke & Bieler LP now owns 1,699,013 shares of the company's stock worth $33,861,000 after purchasing an additional 1,504,988 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP bought a new position in Atlas Energy Solutions during the 3rd quarter valued at about $17,314,000. Meridian Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in Atlas Energy Solutions by 25.8% in the 2nd quarter. Meridian Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,677,490 shares of the company's stock worth $53,362,000 after purchasing an additional 548,620 shares during the period. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its stake in Atlas Energy Solutions by 26.9% in the first quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 2,537,215 shares of the company's stock worth $57,392,000 after purchasing an additional 537,927 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 34.59% of the company's stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
AESI has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Pickering Energy Partners lowered shares of Atlas Energy Solutions from an "outperform" rating to a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Barclays lowered Atlas Energy Solutions from an "overweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and dropped their price objective for the stock from $23.00 to $19.00 in a research note on Tuesday, November 12th. Benchmark reissued a "buy" rating and set a $27.00 target price on shares of Atlas Energy Solutions in a research note on Tuesday, August 6th. Citigroup lowered shares of Atlas Energy Solutions from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $23.00 to $22.00 in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group downgraded shares of Atlas Energy Solutions from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and reduced their price target for the company from $23.00 to $21.00 in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $24.44.
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Atlas Energy Solutions Inc engages in the production, processing, and sale of mesh and sand that are used as a proppant during the well completion process in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico. The company provides transportation and logistics, storage solutions, and contract labor services. It sells its products and services to oil and natural gas exploration and production companies, and oilfield services companies.
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