With 1.06 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.15 million shares. The 52-week range on SEM shows that it touched its highest point at $22.07 and its lowest point at $14.13 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $22.80. With its current market cap of 2.39 billion, SEM has annualized dividend of $0.50 while the current yield stands at 2.70%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.56.
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 SEM was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -3.90%, but this was down by -9.22% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.08% while six-month performance fell -3.45%. The stock gained 20.53% in the past year, while it has lost -1.86% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SEM yields 1.66 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.36. For the next quarter, that number is 0.45. This implies an EPS growth rate of 18.31% for this year and 21.91% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 19.12% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 8.51%.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for SEM since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 $1.45949 being high and $1.44186 being low. For SEM, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.4522.
