With 3.26 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.4 million shares. The 52-week range on NWG shows that it touched its highest point at $11.41 and its lowest point at $5.83 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $12.34. With its current market cap of 45.14 billion, NWG has annualized dividend of $0.45 while the current yield stands at 4.01%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.20.
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 NWG was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.06%, but this was up by 7.16% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 11.31% while six-month performance rose 20.78%. The stock gained 89.21% in the past year, while it has gained 10.32% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NWG yields 1.36 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.55. For the next quarter, that number is 0.31. This implies an EPS growth rate of 4.24% for this year and 10.90% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 7.74% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 13.89%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 4.02 billion NWG shares are outstanding with a float of 4.02 billion 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 NWG since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 $1.03148 being high and $0.98088 being low. For NWG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.98899. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.
