The growth track for CSW Industrials Inc (CSWI) has changed recently

With 92536.0 shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.11 million shares. During the session, the Specialty Industrial Machinery company that operates in wider Industrials sector, reached to the highest price of $361.4876 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $352.34. The 52-week range on CSWI shows that it touched its highest point at $436.50 and its lowest point at $200.50 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $424.20. With its current market cap of 6.07 billion, CSWI has annualized dividend of $0.85 while the current yield stands at 0.24%. CSWI paid its most recent dividend on 1729814400, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1729814400. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.85.

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 CSWI was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.28%, but this was down by -13.21% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -2.63% while six-month performance rose 31.72%. The stock gained 75.76% in the past year, while it has gained 2.28% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CSWI yields 7.36 with Next year EPS estimates of 9.60. For the next quarter, that number is 1.43. This implies an EPS growth rate of 19.53% for this year and 14.61% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 15.00% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 21.24%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 16.79 million CSWI shares are outstanding with a float of 16.60 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-12-13, short shares totaled 0.33 million, which was 199.00000000000003 higher than short shares on 1731628800. In addition to Mr. Joseph Brooks Armes J.D. as the firm’s Chairman, President & CEO, Mr. James E. Perry serves as its Executive VP & CFO.

Institutional Ownership:

Through their ownership of 0.92794 of CSWI’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, CSWI reported revenue of $227926000.0 and operating income of $51549000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $61006000.0 and diluted EPS was $2.26.

Analysts Ratings:

In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With CSWI analysts setting a high price target of 466.0 and a low target of 370.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 417.2. Based on these targets, CSWI could surge 29.14% to reach the target high and rise by 2.54% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 15.62% 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 $6.91738 being high and $6.77101 being low. For CSWI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.82.