With 1.89 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.59 million shares. The 52-week range on HAS shows that it touched its highest point at $73.46 and its lowest point at $48.72 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $77.73. With its current market cap of 9.21 billion, HAS has annualized dividend of $2.10 while the current yield stands at 3.18%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.48.
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 HAS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -4.42%, but this was up by 13.24% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 5.58% while six-month performance fell -3.65%. The stock gained 35.63% in the past year, while it has gained 18.06% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HAS yields 2.75 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.73. For the next quarter, that number is 0.67. This implies an EPS growth rate of 5.43% for this year and 11.84% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.56% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -7.45%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 139.50 million HAS shares are outstanding with a float of 131.15 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 HAS since 13 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 $4.07065 being high and $3.51921 being low. For HAS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.87013.
