With 2.05 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.23 million shares. The 52-week range on WWW shows that it touched its highest point at $24.64 and its lowest point at $8.25 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $22.89. With its current market cap of 1.22 billion, WWW has annualized dividend of $0.40 while the current yield stands at 2.64%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.90.
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 WWW was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -19.66%, but this was down by -32.80% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -30.74% while six-month performance rose 22.46%. The stock gained 65.68% in the past year, while it has lost -31.71% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WWW yields 0.57 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.51. For the next quarter, that number is 0.11. This implies an EPS growth rate of 31.86% for this year and 26.16% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 31.01% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -16.72%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 80.33 million WWW shares are outstanding with a float of 78.91 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 WWW since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 $0.90177 being high and $0.87204 being low. For WWW, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.89186. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.28 and the low estimate is $0.23. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.26.
