With 0.58 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.44 million shares. The 52-week range on POWI shows that it touched its highest point at $79.13 and its lowest point at $56.63 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $78.00. With its current market cap of 3.66 billion, POWI has annualized dividend of $0.81 while the current yield stands at 1.26%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.10.
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 POWI was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.20%, but this was up by 5.51% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 3.11% while six-month performance fell -5.23%. The stock lost -8.66% in the past year, while it has gained 4.29% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for POWI yields 0.57 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.09. For the next quarter, that number is 0.28. This implies an EPS growth rate of 35.00% for this year and 33.21% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 30.03% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -29.52%.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for POWI since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 $1.14807 being high and $1.09007 being low. For POWI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.138. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.38 and the low estimate is $0.34. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.36.
