With 1.85 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.68 million shares. The 52-week range on ROL shows that it touched its highest point at $52.83 and its lowest point at $40.76 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $53.11. With its current market cap of 24.86 billion, ROL has annualized dividend of $0.61 while the current yield stands at 1.20%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.79.
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 ROL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.46%, but this was up by 5.53% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 2.85% while six-month performance rose 4.48%. The stock gained 25.04% in the past year, while it has gained 10.74% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ROL yields 0.96 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.23. For the next quarter, that number is 0.22. This implies an EPS growth rate of 14.25% for this year and 11.76% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 12.43% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 18.39%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 484.37 million ROL shares are outstanding with a float of 290.09 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 ROL since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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.
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 $0.99074 being high and $0.96047 being low. For ROL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.98083. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.32 and the low estimate is $0.29. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.3.
