Taking the lead: Hub Group, Inc (HUBG)

With 0.55 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.52 million shares. During the session, the Integrated Freight & Logistics company that operates in wider Industrials sector, reached to the highest price of $51.29 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $49.22. The 52-week range on HUBG shows that it touched its highest point at $53.21 and its lowest point at $38.07 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $48.00. With its current market cap of 3.14 billion, HUBG has annualized dividend of $0.38 while the current yield stands at 0.73%. HUBG paid its most recent dividend on 1725580800, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1733443200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.92.

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Price Performance and Earnings:

Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of HUBG was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.44%, but this was up by 16.14% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 13.14% while six-month performance rose 16.94%. The stock gained 27.20% in the past year, while it has gained 11.29% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HUBG yields 1.76 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.40. For the next quarter, that number is 0.48. This implies an EPS growth rate of -28.78% for this year and 25.84% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 3.40% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 20.47%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 60.82 million HUBG shares are outstanding with a float of 59.61 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-11-15, short shares totaled 1.17 million, which was 191.0 higher than short shares on 1728950400. In addition to Mr. David P. Yeager as the firm’s Executive Chairman, Mr. Phillip D. Yeager serves as its President, CEO & Vice Chairman of the Board.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.95788 of HUBG’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.

An Overview of Recent Financials:

Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-09-30, HUBG reported revenue of $986892000.0 and operating income of $31672000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $80272000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.39.

Analysts Ratings:

Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for HUBG since 12 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With HUBG analysts setting a high price target of 57.0 and a low target of 41.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 47.53333. Based on these targets, HUBG could surge 11.42% to reach the target high and fall by -19.86% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a decline of -7.09% from current levels.

Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.9188 being high and $1.89882 being low. For HUBG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.90881. The surprise factor in the prior quarter was $0.47. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.58 and the low estimate is $0.44. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.5.