With 1.95 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.22 million shares. The 52-week range on NTRS shows that it touched its highest point at $114.67 and its lowest point at $78.75 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $118.79. With its current market cap of 22.50 billion, NTRS has annualized dividend of $3.00 while the current yield stands at 2.64%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.09.
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 NTRS was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.12%, but this was up by 5.36% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 5.51% while six-month performance rose 30.22%. The stock gained 42.00% in the past year, while it has gained 10.76% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NTRS yields 9.78 with Next year EPS estimates of 8.82. For the next quarter, that number is 1.83. This implies an EPS growth rate of -16.24% for this year and 7.80% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -0.68% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 8.07%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 195.97 million NTRS shares are outstanding with a float of 194.93 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 NTRS since 11 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 2 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 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 $7.93276 being high and $7.68519 being low. For NTRS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $7.79866. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.23 and the low estimate is $1.79. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.05.
