With 0.97 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.58 million shares. The 52-week range on COLM shows that it touched its highest point at $92.88 and its lowest point at $73.04 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $82.88. With its current market cap of 5.13 billion, COLM has annualized dividend of $1.20 while the current yield stands at 1.34%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.89.
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 COLM was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.73%, but this was down by -0.01% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 7.38% while six-month performance rose 7.53%. The stock gained 10.57% in the past year, while it has gained 6.80% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for COLM yields 3.86 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.49. For the next quarter, that number is 0.66. This implies an EPS growth rate of 5.47% for this year and 11.54% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 9.73% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -4.56%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 57.19 million COLM shares are outstanding with a float of 27.71 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 COLM since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 $4.01644 being high and $3.82802 being low. For COLM, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.92719. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is -$0.06 and the low estimate is -$0.19. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus -$0.15.
