Empresa Nacional De Electricidad ($EOC) - Overbought - views

Empresa Nacional De Electricidad has hit a technical signal on 3 different technical indicators. EOC is in the Public Utilities sector. The technical signals indicate that the stock is Overbought right now. The 3 indicators: Commodity Channel Index, Relative Strength Index and the Fast Stochastics were all triggered based on the last closing price of $52.16 on Feb 17.

There are currently 5 analysts covering the company. Of these analysts, 3 have a buy recommendation. Last quarter the company earned $0.49 per share. The consensus estimate for this years earnings is $3.70 per share as compared to the next years' expectation, of $4.20 per share. The consensus estimate for next years earnings is $4.20 per share, which represents forecast growth of 13.5%.

Over the last 52 weeks, the stock has been trading between $40.01 and $58.23. More recently in the last 4 weeks, the stock has been trading between $44.54 and $52.80. Yesterday the stock traded between $51.81 and $52.80. The stock currently has a PE ratio of 13.6.

Empresa Nacional De Electricidad is trading 6.4% from its 20-day simple moving average (SMA) of $49.03 and 12.1% from its 50-day SMA and 5.84% from its 200-day SMA. Average daily volume over the last 30 days has been 150,398 shares.

At yesterdays close: the RSI was at 80.2, the CCI was at 116.8 and the Fast Stochastic was at 90.4. EOC closed yesterday at $52.16, on volume of 157,100 shares as compared to an average volume of 150,398 over the last 4 weeks.

Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, production, and distribution of electricity. It owns and operates hydroelectric facilities; thermal facilities comprising natural gas, LNG, coal, or oil-fired units; and wind power generation facilities. As of December 31, 2010, the company owned and operated 28 generation facilities with an aggregate installed capacity of 5,611 megawatts in Chile; and had interests in 26 generation facilities with an aggregate installed capacity of 8,235 megawatts in Argentina, Colombia, and Peru. It also offers engineering consulting services, such as civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering, metallurgy, architecture, and environmental services; and operates a tunnel concession in Chile. Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A. supplies electricity to regulated electricity distribution companies; unregulated industrial firms primarily in the mining, pulp, and steel sectors; and the pool market. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile. Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A. is a subsidiary of Enersis S.A.

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