With 0.71 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.02 million shares. The 52-week range on SXC shows that it touched its highest point at $12.82 and its lowest point at $7.47 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $12.00. With its current market cap of 774.35 million, SXC has annualized dividend of $0.46 while the current yield stands at 5.01%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.96.
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 SXC was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.92%, but this was down by -6.99% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -27.26% while six-month performance rose 5.03%. The stock lost -15.31% in the past year, while it has lost -14.21% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SXC yields 1.12 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.72. For the next quarter, that number is 0.17. This implies an EPS growth rate of -35.71% for this year and 0.69% for next year.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for SXC since 2 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, 1 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 $1.11881 being high and $1.05119 being low. For SXC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.085. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.18 and the low estimate is $0.18. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.18.
