With 1.24 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.25 million shares. The 52-week range on CXW shows that it touched its highest point at $24.99 and its lowest point at $10.74 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $28.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.03.
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 CXW was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.46%, but this was down by -18.97% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -14.76% while six-month performance rose 38.08%. The stock gained 26.37% in the past year, while it has lost -17.11% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CXW yields 0.62 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.12. For the next quarter, that number is 0.12. This implies an EPS growth rate of 10.00% for this year and 64.71% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 109.86 million CXW shares are outstanding with a float of 107.52 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 CXW since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 $0.5453 being high and $0.51411 being low. For CXW, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.542. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.19 and the low estimate is $0.14. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.17.
