With 0.74 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.6 million shares. The 52-week range on VVV shows that it touched its highest point at $48.26 and its lowest point at $33.90 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $43.46. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.48.
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 VVV was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -3.40%, but this was down by -1.40% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -5.03% while six-month performance fell -12.10%. The stock lost -12.85% in the past year, while it has gained 1.24% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VVV yields 2.08 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.94. For the next quarter, that number is 0.36. This implies an EPS growth rate of 3.85% for this year and 18.75% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 12.55% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 7.97%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 127.60 million VVV shares are outstanding with a float of 126.79 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 VVV 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 $1.54693 being high and $1.49703 being low. For VVV, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.52697. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.49 and the low estimate is $0.45. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.47.
