With 0.68 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.63 million shares. The 52-week range on EHC shows that it touched its highest point at $104.55 and its lowest point at $73.68 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $117.25. With its current market cap of 10.11 billion, EHC has annualized dividend of $0.64 while the current yield stands at 0.64%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.95.
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 EHC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.45%, but this was up by 3.68% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -0.77% while six-month performance rose 10.35%. The stock gained 33.09% in the past year, while it has gained 8.65% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for EHC yields 4.46 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.33. For the next quarter, that number is 1.20. This implies an EPS growth rate of 8.60% for this year and 10.83% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 9.91% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 4.33%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 100.75 million EHC shares are outstanding with a float of 99.17 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 EHC since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 2 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 $4.36831 being high and $4.24808 being low. For EHC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.29818. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.24 and the low estimate is $1.12. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.17.
