With 1.91 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.42 million shares. The 52-week range on FNB shows that it touched its highest point at $17.70 and its lowest point at $12.49 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $18.62. With its current market cap of 5.44 billion, FNB has annualized dividend of $0.48 while the current yield stands at 3.17%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.00.
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 FNB was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.18%, but this was down by -5.03% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -8.53% while six-month performance rose 5.59%. The stock gained 12.08% in the past year, while it has gained 2.30% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for FNB yields 1.26 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.69. For the next quarter, that number is 0.30. This implies an EPS growth rate of 1.35% for this year and 19.68% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 359.62 million FNB shares are outstanding with a float of 354.60 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 FNB since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 $1.35378 being high and $1.33372 being low. For FNB, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.34375. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.35 and the low estimate is $0.33. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.34.
