With 1.06 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.08 million shares. The 52-week range on WFRD shows that it touched its highest point at $135.00 and its lowest point at $60.45 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $96.50. With its current market cap of 5.18 billion, WFRD has annualized dividend of $0.50 while the current yield stands at 0.70%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.65.
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 WFRD was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 5.72%, but this was down by -3.85% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -14.80% while six-month performance fell -33.94%. The stock lost -30.40% in the past year, while it has lost -0.68% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WFRD yields 6.75 with Next year EPS estimates of 7.42. For the next quarter, that number is 1.00. This implies an EPS growth rate of -8.97% for this year and 20.74% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 7.18% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -33.50%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 72.10 million WFRD shares are outstanding with a float of 71.25 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for WFRD since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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.
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 $7.06408 being high and $6.81066 being low. For WFRD, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.93737.
