With 3.76 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.81 million shares. The 52-week range on PEB shows that it touched its highest point at $16.61 and its lowest point at $11.47 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $14.25. With its current market cap of 1.47 billion, PEB has annualized dividend of $0.04 while the current yield stands at 0.33%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.88.
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 PEB was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.16%, but this was down by -11.54% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -9.25% while six-month performance fell -6.70%. The stock lost -21.56% in the past year, while it has lost -9.52% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PEB yields -0.44 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.34. For the next quarter, that number is -0.33. This implies an EPS growth rate of -8.33% for this year and 19.53% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 119.29 million PEB shares are outstanding with a float of 117.09 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 PEB since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 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 -$0.28393 being high and -$0.28929 being low. For PEB, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.2875. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.
