Pacific Gas And Preferred Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

PCG-PG Preferred Stock  USD 19.50  0.19  0.96%   
Assuming the 90 days trading horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Pacific Gas and is 'Strong Sell'. Macroaxis provides Pacific Gas buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding PCG-PG positions.
  
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The Pacific recommendation should be used to complement the buy-or-sell advice compiled from the current analysts' consensus on Pacific Gas and. Macroaxis does not own or have any residual interests in Pacific Gas and or other equities on which the buy-or-sell advice is provided. Please provide your input below to execute Pacific Gas' advice using the current market data and latest reported fundamentals.

Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

Execute Advice
Sell Pacific GasBuy Pacific Gas
Strong Sell

Market Performance

WeakDetails

Volatility

Not too volatileDetails

Hype Condition

StaleDetails

Current Valuation

OvervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Slowly supersedes the marketDetails

Analyst Consensus

Not AvailableDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

UnavailableDetails
For the selected time horizon Pacific Gas and has a Mean Deviation of 1.19, Semi Deviation of 1.58, Standard Deviation of 1.73, Variance of 2.99, Downside Variance of 5.47 and Semi Variance of 2.48
Our trade recommendations tool can cross-verify current analyst consensus on Pacific Gas and to analyze the firm potential to grow in the current economic cycle. To make sure Pacific Gas is not overpriced, please check all Pacific Gas fundamentals, including its shares outstanding, ebitda, current ratio, as well as the relationship between the price to sales and cash per share . Given that Pacific Gas has a shares owned by institutions of 7.14 %, we recommend you to check out Pacific Gas market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your recent risk tolerance and investing horizon.

Pacific Gas Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Pacific Gas has high financial leverage indicating that it may have difficulties to generate enough cash to satisfy its financial obligations
Pacific Gas and has accumulated about 2.55 B in cash with (185 M) of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 9.65.

Pacific Gas Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Pacific Gas' historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Pacific Gas' future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Pacific Gas daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Pacific Gas and price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Pacific Gas returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Pacific Gas.
Mean Return
0.10
Value At Risk
-3
Potential Upside
2.19
Standard Deviation
1.73
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Pacific Gas historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Pacific Gas Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Pacific Gas or Utilities sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Pacific Gas' price will be affected by overall preferred stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Pacific preferred stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
0.06
β
Beta against Dow Jones0.34
σ
Overall volatility
1.74
Ir
Information ratio -0.01

Pacific Gas Volatility Alert

Pacific Gas and currently demonstrates below-average downside deviation. It has Information Ratio of -0.01 and Jensen Alpha of 0.06. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Pacific Gas' preferred stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Pacific Gas' preferred stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Pacific Gas Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Pacific Gas' fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Pacific Gas' direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Pacific Gas and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Pacific Gas or determine the preferred stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Pacific Gas' fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Pacific Gas by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Pacific Gas to competition
FundamentalsPacific GasPeer Average
Return On Equity0.0843-0.31
Return On Asset0.0196-0.14
Profit Margin0.10 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.16 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation45.57 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding264.38 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Institutions7.14 %39.21 %
Price To Earning19.53 X28.72 X
Price To Sales0.20 X11.42 X
Revenue20.64 B9.43 B
Gross Profit6.07 B27.38 B
EBITDA(284 M)3.9 B
Net Income138 M570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents2.55 B2.7 B
Cash Per Share9.65 X5.01 X
Total Debt38.23 B5.32 B
Debt To Equity190.10 %48.70 %
Current Ratio1.52 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share1,001 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations(185 M)971.22 M
Earnings Per Share1.80 X3.12 X
Number Of Employees25.99 K18.84 K
Beta0.13-0.15
Market Capitalization4.49 B19.03 B
Total Asset103.33 B29.47 B
Net Asset103.33 B

Pacific Gas Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Pacific . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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Other Information on Investing in Pacific Preferred Stock

Pacific Gas financial ratios help investors to determine whether Pacific Preferred Stock is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Pacific with respect to the benefits of owning Pacific Gas security.