With 0.12 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 50820.0 shares. During the session, the Farm Products company that operates in wider Consumer Defensive sector, reached to the highest price of $30.15 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $28.75. The 52-week range on ALCO shows that it touched its highest point at $34.08 and its lowest point at $24.14 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $35.00. With its current market cap of 227.46 million, ALCO has annualized dividend of $0.20 while the current yield stands at 0.67%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.81.
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 ALCO was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 14.92%, but this was up by 7.19% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 17.79% while six-month performance rose 18.91%. The stock gained 5.64% in the past year, while it has gained 14.92% so far this year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 7.63 million ALCO shares are outstanding with a float of 5.27 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-11-15, short shares totaled 0.23 million, which was 305.0 higher than short shares on 1728950400. In addition to Mr. John E. Kiernan Esq. as the firm’s President, CEO & Director, Mr. Bradley Heine serves as its Chief Financial Officer & Accounting Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.57924 of ALCO’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 2024-06-30, ALCO reported revenue of $935000.0 and operating income of -$22720000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was -$18987000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.
Analysts Ratings:
In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With ALCO analysts setting a high price target of 35.0 and a low target of 35.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 35.0. Based on these targets, ALCO could surge 17.45% to reach the target high and rise by 17.45% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 17.45% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$5.6 being high and -$5.6 being low. For ALCO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$5.6.
