With 2.15 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.52 million shares. The 52-week range on JEF shows that it touched its highest point at $82.68 and its lowest point at $40.67 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $87.25. With its current market cap of 13.76 billion, JEF has annualized dividend of $1.40 while the current yield stands at 2.10%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.34.
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 JEF was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.68%, but this was down by -14.28% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -10.04% while six-month performance rose 15.93%. The stock gained 62.33% in the past year, while it has lost -14.86% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for JEF yields 2.98 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.88. For the next quarter, that number is 1.05. This implies an EPS growth rate of 46.49% for this year and 34.27% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 33.24% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -0.32%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 205.50 million JEF shares are outstanding with a float of 164.30 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 JEF since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 $3.49392 being high and $2.76639 being low. For JEF, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.08342. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.13 and the low estimate is $1.06. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.1.
