With 2.62 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.58 million shares. The 52-week range on APTV shows that it touched its highest point at $85.56 and its lowest point at $51.47 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $80.83. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.80.
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 APTV was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.32%, but this was up by 9.44% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 27.75% while six-month performance fell -4.75%. The stock lost -14.36% in the past year, while it has gained 11.81% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for APTV yields 6.88 with Next year EPS estimates of 8.23. For the next quarter, that number is 1.52. This implies an EPS growth rate of 14.50% for this year and 14.76% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 15.55% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 12.60%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 235.04 million APTV shares are outstanding with a float of 227.90 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 APTV since 13 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 2 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 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 $6.28341 being high and $6.07363 being low. For APTV, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.17353. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.95 and the low estimate is $1.69. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.82.
