With 5.24 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 7.34 million shares. The 52-week range on XP shows that it touched its highest point at $26.31 and its lowest point at $10.82 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $18.23. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.60.
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 XP was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.01%, but this was up by 11.72% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -5.41% while six-month performance fell -25.10%. The stock lost -38.91% in the past year, while it has gained 23.88% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for XP yields 1.53 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.80. For the next quarter, that number is 0.38. This implies an EPS growth rate of 12.05% for this year and 12.35% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 11.94% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 23.61%.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for XP since 9 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 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 $14.18921 being high and $2.56613 being low. For XP, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $8.38606. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.19 and the low estimate is $2.19. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.19.
