A History of Outperforming Analyst Forecasts and Beating the Odds: Sabre Corp (SABR)

With 5.24 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 4.2 million shares. The 52-week range on SABR shows that it touched its highest point at $4.63 and its lowest point at $1.81 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $4.58. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.64.

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 SABR was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 20.85%, but this was up by 21.53% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 17.21% while six-month performance rose 43.96%. The stock gained 48.96% in the past year, while it has gained 17.53% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SABR yields -0.73 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.22. For the next quarter, that number is 0.03. This implies an EPS growth rate of 173.88% for this year and 55.51% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 385.93 million SABR shares are outstanding with a float of 359.23 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 SABR since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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 -$0.2718 being high and -$0.3624 being low. For SABR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.32616. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.08 and the low estimate is -$0.02. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.03.