With 1.16 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.09 million shares. The 52-week range on SN shows that it touched its highest point at $123.00 and its lowest point at $52.05 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $135.09. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.24.
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 SN was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -6.90%, but this was down by -7.88% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 3.86% while six-month performance rose 12.42%. The stock gained 90.47% in the past year, while it has gained 5.48% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SN yields 3.11 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.67. For the next quarter, that number is 0.73. This implies an EPS growth rate of 12.81% for this year and 14.93% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 13.90% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 7.21%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 140.35 million SN shares are outstanding with a float of 70.40 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 SN since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 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 $4.29021 being high and $4.22979 being low. For SN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.26. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.11 and the low estimate is $0.98. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.04.
