With 0.1 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.14 million shares. During the session, the Auto Parts company that operates in wider Consumer Cyclical sector, reached to the highest price of $39.43 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $38.2522. The 52-week range on XPEL shows that it touched its highest point at $60.49 and its lowest point at $30.75 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $55.33. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.84.
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 XPEL was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.85%, but this was down by -12.95% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -10.05% while six-month performance rose 16.36%. The stock lost -23.35% in the past year, while it has lost -1.85% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for XPEL yields 1.76 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.39. For the next quarter, that number is 0.38. This implies an EPS growth rate of -11.69% for this year and 41.70% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 30.00% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 43.36%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 27.65 million XPEL shares are outstanding with a float of 21.48 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-12-13, short shares totaled 2.33 million, which was 843.0000399999999 higher than short shares on 1731628800. In addition to Mr. Ryan L. Pape as the firm’s Chairman, President & CEO, Mr. Barry R. Wood serves as its Senior VP & CFO.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.77233005 of XPEL’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, XPEL reported revenue of $112852000.0 and operating income of $18387000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $21366000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.54.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for XPEL since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 XPEL analysts setting a high price target of 58.0 and a low target of 52.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 55.33333. Based on these targets, XPEL could surge 47.96% to reach the target high and rise by 32.65% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 41.16% 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 $1.7965 being high and $1.62471 being low. For XPEL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.68667.
