With 0.62 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.96 million shares. The 52-week range on WHR shows that it touched its highest point at $135.49 and its lowest point at $84.18 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $108.67. With its current market cap of 5.78 billion, WHR has annualized dividend of $7.00 while the current yield stands at 6.71%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.41.
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 WHR was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.60%, but this was down by -21.66% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -6.19% while six-month performance rose 1.89%. The stock lost -5.66% in the past year, while it has lost -8.89% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WHR yields -5.86 with Next year EPS estimates of 11.65. For the next quarter, that number is 1.73. This implies an EPS growth rate of -19.05% for this year and 17.90% for next year.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for WHR since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 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 $12.26026 being high and $11.77927 being low. For WHR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $12.08357. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.44 and the low estimate is $2.09. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.25.
