With 0.51 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.55 million shares. The 52-week range on ULS shows that it touched its highest point at $59.23 and its lowest point at $33.15 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $59.94. With its current market cap of 10.62 billion, ULS has annualized dividend of $0.38 while the current yield stands at 0.71%.
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 ULS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.80%, but this was down by -1.56% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -1.85% while six-month performance fell -3.58%. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ULS yields 1.63 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.91. For the next quarter, that number is 0.31. This implies an EPS growth rate of 0.49% for this year and 11.91% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.94% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 8.97%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 62.04 million ULS shares are outstanding with a float of 61.31 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for ULS since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 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 $1.61344 being high and $1.55331 being low. For ULS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.5934. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.49 and the low estimate is $0.4. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.47.
