S&W Seed (NASDAQ:SANW) Now Covered by StockNews.com

Research analysts at StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of S&W Seed (NASDAQ:SANW) in a research note issued on Monday. The brokerage set a “sell” rating on the stock.

S&W Seed Price Performance

SANW stock opened at $0.42 on Monday. S&W Seed has a 52 week low of $0.41 and a 52 week high of $1.44. The company has a quick ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 1.04 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $0.50 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $0.60. The firm has a market capitalization of $18.32 million, a P/E ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 0.93.

S&W Seed (NASDAQ:SANW) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 14th. The company reported ($0.13) EPS for the quarter. The company had revenue of $10.87 million during the quarter. S&W Seed had a negative return on equity of 28.69% and a net margin of 18.36%. Analysts anticipate that S&W Seed will post -0.15 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Wynnefield Capital Inc. boosted its stake in S&W Seed by 4.4% in the 4th quarter. Wynnefield Capital Inc. now owns 4,250,636 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,975,000 after purchasing an additional 179,999 shares in the last quarter. First Western Trust Bank purchased a new stake in S&W Seed in the 1st quarter worth $348,000. Captrust Financial Advisors purchased a new stake in S&W Seed in the 4th quarter worth $164,000. Virtu Financial LLC purchased a new stake in S&W Seed in the 1st quarter worth $193,000. Finally, Walleye Capital LLC purchased a new stake in S&W Seed in the 1st quarter worth $170,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 61.68% of the company’s stock.

S&W Seed Company Profile

S&W Seed Company, an agricultural company, engages in breeding, growing, processing, and selling alfalfa and sorghum seeds. The company also offers sunflower, stevia, camelina, wheat, and pasture seeds. It sells its seeds to distributors and dealers in 40 countries. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Longmont, Colorado.