With 2.24 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.59 million shares. The 52-week range on BGS shows that it touched its highest point at $11.97 and its lowest point at $5.45 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $7.93. With its current market cap of 533.56 million, BGS has annualized dividend of $0.76 while the current yield stands at 11.28%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.51.
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 BGS was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 11.77%, but this was up by 2.43% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 5.97% while six-month performance fell -19.47%. The stock lost -30.16% in the past year, while it has lost -2.18% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BGS yields -0.34 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.67. For the next quarter, that number is 0.30. This implies an EPS growth rate of -30.01% for this year and -3.71% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 79.16 million BGS shares are outstanding with a float of 76.73 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 BGS since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 $0.71266 being high and $0.68296 being low. For BGS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.69286. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.2 and the low estimate is $0.13. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.17.
