With 3.02 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.51 million shares. The 52-week range on UGI shows that it touched its highest point at $33.11 and its lowest point at $22.01 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $35.00. With its current market cap of 7.04 billion, UGI has annualized dividend of $1.50 while the current yield stands at 4.58%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.22.
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 UGI was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.33%, but this was up by 7.20% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 35.78% while six-month performance rose 33.95%. The stock gained 34.55% in the past year, while it has gained 16.01% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for UGI yields 2.54 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.06. For the next quarter, that number is 1.96. This implies an EPS growth rate of -3.26% for this year and 3.38% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 1.61% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -2.45%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 216.21 million UGI shares are outstanding with a float of 214.50 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 UGI since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 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 $3.12908 being high and $2.70368 being low. For UGI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.94. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.16 and the low estimate is -$0.04. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.06.
