Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. ADR (NYSE: UGP) has seen a rise in its stock price by 1193134 in relation to its previous close of 3.09. However, the company has experienced a 0.31% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-05-12 that Ultrapar Participações S.A. (NYSE:UGP ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 8, 2025 10:00 AM ET Company Participants Rodrigo Pizzinatto – Chief Executive Officer Alexandre Palhares – Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer Leonardo Linden – Chief Executive Officer of Ipiranga Conference Call Participants Gabriel Barra – Citigroup Inc. Monique Greco – Itaú Rodolfo De Angele – JPMorgan Chase & Co Matheus Enfeldt – UBS Vicente Falanga Neto – Banco Bradesco BBI Rodrigo Reis de Almeida – Santander Investment Securities Inc. Bruno Amorim – Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Luiz Carvalho – Banco BTG Pactual S.A.
Is It Worth Investing in Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. ADR (NYSE: UGP) Right Now?
Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. ADR (NYSE: UGP) has a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.86x that is above its average ratio. Additionally, the 36-month beta value for UGP is 1.04. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 1 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 3 rating it as “overweight,” 3 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The average trading volume of UGP on June 24, 2025 was 2.01M shares.
UGP’s Market Performance
The stock of Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. ADR (UGP) has seen a 0.31% increase in the past week, with a 7.05% rise in the past month, and a 2.90% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 0.95%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.99% for UGP. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 5.18% for UGP stock, with a simple moving average of 0.92% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of UGP
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for UGP stocks, with Goldman repeating the rating for UGP by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for UGP in the upcoming period, according to Goldman is $3.20 based on the research report published on January 31, 2025 of the current year 2025.
UGP Trading at 5.14% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought UGP to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -29.21% of loss for the given period.
Stock Fundamentals for UGP
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.04 for the present operating margin
- 0.07 for the gross margin
The net margin for Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. ADR stands at 0.02. The total capital return value is set at 0.17. Equity return is now at value 14.87, with 5.69 for asset returns.
Based on Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. ADR (UGP), the company’s capital structure generated 0.5 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.25. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.99. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 3.32.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 5.06 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 2.06. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.24. The receivables turnover for the company is 19.08for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 3.61. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.76.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. ADR (UGP) has seen better performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
