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

StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of S&W Seed (NASDAQ:SANW) in a report published on Tuesday morning. The brokerage issued a sell rating on the stock.

S&W Seed Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ SANW opened at $0.42 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $0.48 and a 200 day moving average price of $0.58. The company has a market cap of $18.19 million, a PE ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 0.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09, a current ratio of 1.04 and a quick ratio of 0.42. S&W Seed has a 1-year low of $0.37 and a 1-year high of $1.39.

S&W Seed (NASDAQ:SANW) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 14th. The company reported ($0.13) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business 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%. Sell-side analysts forecast that S&W Seed will post -0.15 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Trading of S&W Seed

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in S&W Seed stock. Wynnefield Capital Inc. increased its stake in shares of S&W Seed (NASDAQ:SANW) by 3.6% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,070,637 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 139,701 shares during the quarter. S&W Seed makes up approximately 2.1% of Wynnefield Capital Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 8th largest holding. Wynnefield Capital Inc. owned 9.46% of S&W Seed worth $4,559,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. 61.68% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About S&W Seed

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.