With 3.49 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.31 million shares. The 52-week range on HLF shows that it touched its highest point at $12.79 and its lowest point at $5.04 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $7.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.14.
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 HLF was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 7.25%, but this was down by -14.46% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -27.11% while six-month performance fell -32.37%. The stock lost -30.01% in the past year, while it has lost -15.99% so far this year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 100.70 million HLF shares are outstanding with a float of 97.85 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 HLF since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 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 $1.80699 being high and $1.77519 being low. For HLF, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.78889. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.71 and the low estimate is $0.64. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.68.
