With 3.27 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 3.1 million shares. The 52-week range on BTU shows that it touched its highest point at $29.94 and its lowest point at $14.87 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $24.00. With its current market cap of 1.78 billion, BTU has annualized dividend of $0.38 while the current yield stands at 2.56%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.89.
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 BTU was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -14.39%, but this was down by -23.15% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -44.69% while six-month performance fell -35.11%. The stock lost -38.59% in the past year, while it has lost -30.09% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BTU yields 2.67 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.85. For the next quarter, that number is 0.20. This implies an EPS growth rate of -49.43% for this year and 106.18% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 121.57 million BTU shares are outstanding with a float of 120.64 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 BTU since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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 $2.8856 being high and $2.75169 being low. For BTU, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.81127. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.47 and the low estimate is $0.24. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.35.
