With 4.85 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 6.14 million shares. The 52-week range on ZIM shows that it touched its highest point at $29.00 and its lowest point at $8.73 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $18.34. With its current market cap of 2.52 billion, ZIM has annualized dividend of $3.97 while the current yield stands at 18.99%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.66.
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 ZIM was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.25%, but this was up by 26.57% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -18.31% while six-month performance fell -3.56%. The stock gained 71.57% in the past year, while it has lost -2.61% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ZIM yields 11.93 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.47. For the next quarter, that number is 3.22. This implies an EPS growth rate of 168.18% for this year and -83.81% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 120.39 million ZIM shares are outstanding with a float of 118.95 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 ZIM since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 2 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 $15.43108 being high and $15.13906 being low. For ZIM, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $15.28507. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.69 and the low estimate is -$0.34. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.68.
