A rating of 4 or 5 would represent a Sell recommendation.

More news for Fairmount Santrol Holdings Inc (NYSE:FMSA) were recently published by: Prnewswire.com, which released: "Technical Research on Metals and Minerals Equities - Fairmount Santrol, Rio ..." on June 27, 2017.

Among analysts who offered their Analysis on Fairmount Santrol Holdings Inc. They issued an "in-line" rating and a $6.00 price target for the company. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Fairmount Santrol Holdings from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, April 13th.

"EVP, CFO, Asst. Sec & Treasurer at Fairmount Santrol Holdings Inc., BIEHL MICHAEL F on 2017-05-04 Sell 14050 shares of the company at a price of $4.79".

Yet another important factor while evaluating a good buy/sell decision for Fairmount Santrol Holdings Inc. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the company. FMSA's current price-earnings ratio amounts the average P/E ratio of 27.30 times earnings.

News coverage about Fairmount Santrol Holdings (NYSE:FMSA) has been trending somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern Sentiment. The Market Cap of the company is $835.33 Million. The 50 day moving average went down $-0.91 or -19.56% and the 200 day average was down $-4.35. Fairmount Santrol Holdings's quarterly revenue was up 18.6% compared to the same quarter past year.

Fairmount Santrol Holdings (FMSA) opened at 3.74 on Monday. (FMSA) is -0.04 while the analysts predicted the EPS of the stock to be -0.04 suggesting the company fell short of the analysts' expectations. Revenue for the quarter also killed consensus, coming in at $172.58 Million, compared to the consensus of 170.93 Million. The operating margin is -29.20 percent and the net profit margin -24.90 percent.

FMSA's revenue has declined at an average annualized rate of about -10.1% during the past five years. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted ($0.07) earnings per share. Equities analysts forecast that Fairmount Santrol Holdings will post $0.23 earnings per share for the current year. If you are reading this news story on another publication, it was illegally copied and republished in violation of United States & worldwide copyright law. The stock of Fairmount Santrol Holdings Inc (NYSE:FMSA) earned "Sector Outperform" rating by Howard Weil on Monday, December 14. The shares were sold at an average price of $4.79, for a total value of $67,299.50. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The stock inclined 0.96% last month and is down -16.03 this year.

Analysts are speculating a 247.59% move, based on the high target price ($13) for the shares that is set to reach in the next 12 months. Schnieders Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Fairmount Santrol Holdings by 46.7% in the first quarter. The last session's volume of 16.34 million shares was lower than its average volume of 25.35 million shares. Oxford Asset Management acquired a new stake in shares of Fairmount Santrol Holdings during the fourth quarter valued at $2,399,000. Finally, Scotiabank reiterated a buy rating and issued a $13.00 target price on shares of Fairmount Santrol Holdings in a report on Wednesday, March 22nd. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Systematic Financial Management LP now owns 332,845 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $3,924,000 after buying an additional 140,145 shares during the period. EPS breaks down the profitability of the company on a single share basis. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 85.87% of the company's stock. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in Fairmount Santrol Holdings by 317.4% in the first quarter. The Firm operates through two divisions: Proppant Solutions, and Industrial & Recreational Products. Its Proppant Solutions segment provides sand-based proppants for use in hydraulic fracturing operations throughout the United States and Canada, Argentina, Mexico, China, northern Europe and the United Arab Emirates.