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Summary
- Stocks of Sypris Solutions have skyrocketed over 190 per cent intraday and ended the trading session with a surge of more than 90 per cent on Wednesday.
- This whopping rise came after the company’s electronics subsidiary won a US Department Defense contract, and its one-day trading volume shot up to 193 million.
- The diversified vehicle producer’s stock is up 233 per cent this year, and the company expects a positive top line for 2021.
Sypris Solutions Inc. (SYPR:US or NASDAQ: SYPR) popped up more than 190 per cent intraday on Wednesday, February 24. This surge came after its electronics firm secured a follow-on contract from the main contractor of United States Department of Defense (US DoD).
Sypris will develop and assess the electronic power supply modules for long range, mission-critical, precision-guided anti-ship missile warfighters system for the US DoD. The production will commence this year.
Stocks of the vehicle parts manufacturer garnered as much as 90.23 per cent yesterday, with 193.63 million shares changing hands.
Let’s take a look at this growth stock:
Sypris Solutions Inc. (SYPR:US or NASDAQ: SYPR)
The US-based consumer cyclical firm provides contract services. It operates through two business segments – Sypris Electronics and Sypris Technologies.
The warfighter vehicle producer’s stock is up 233 per cent year-to-date (YTD). Its share price has scaled up to US$ 5.06 per piece, returning almost 840 per cent as compared to its 52-week low of US$ 0.5385 on 26 March 2020.
It has a one-year return of over 405 per cent and earnings per share of US$ 0.10. The return on equity is 13.78 per cent, and a price-to-book ratio is 7.127.

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In the third quarter of 2020, the company’s gross profit rose 47 per cent quarter-over-quarter (QoQ), led by a rise in contracts. The revenue from Sypris Electronics segment soared 52.6 per cent year-over-year (YoY). Sypris Technologies revenue went up 62.1 per cent QoQ.
Outlook 2021
For the current year’s outlook, Sypris CEO Jeffrey T. Gill commented that the company already has strong backlog of contracts and remains concentrated on achieving more contracts from the defense, communications, transportation, and energy industries.
The recovering economy sets a stage for a potential outlook for this year. The management hopes to maintain positive revenue growth for the current year. It is also planning for further margin expansion in 2021.