With 2.7 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.56 million shares. The 52-week range on PLYA shows that it touched its highest point at $13.38 and its lowest point at $6.95 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $13.25. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.46.
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 PLYA was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.45%, but this was up by 7.15% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 40.57% while six-month performance rose 75.99%. The stock gained 51.08% in the past year, while it has gained 5.45% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PLYA yields 0.48 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.53. For the next quarter, that number is 0.04. This implies an EPS growth rate of 29.09% for this year and -7.18% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 22.20% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 18.54%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 124.55 million PLYA shares are outstanding with a float of 91.21 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 PLYA since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 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 $0.59896 being high and $0.537 being low. For PLYA, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.56798. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.44 and the low estimate is $0.34. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.38.
