With 0.98 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.34 million shares. The 52-week range on VAC shows that it touched its highest point at $108.57 and its lowest point at $67.28 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $105.67. With its current market cap of 2.98 billion, VAC has annualized dividend of $3.07 while the current yield stands at 3.60%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.82.
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 VAC was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -6.12%, but this was down by -3.27% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -7.12% while six-month performance rose 15.33%. The stock lost -9.99% in the past year, while it has lost -4.92% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VAC yields 5.26 with Next year EPS estimates of 8.55. For the next quarter, that number is 1.99. This implies an EPS growth rate of 16.10% for this year and 12.23% for next year.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for VAC since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 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 $6.28714 being high and $6.07 being low. For VAC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.17857. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.54 and the low estimate is $1.76. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.22.
