With 0.92 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.91 million shares. The 52-week range on ACM shows that it touched its highest point at $118.56 and its lowest point at $82.23 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $125.30. With its current market cap of 12.91 billion, ACM has annualized dividend of $0.92 while the current yield stands at 0.95%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.22.
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 ACM was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.45%, but this was down by -7.74% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -16.38% while six-month performance fell -2.33%. The stock gained 8.71% in the past year, while it has lost -8.95% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ACM yields 3.52 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.62. For the next quarter, that number is 1.20. This implies an EPS growth rate of 13.24% for this year and 9.75% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 132.64 million ACM shares are outstanding with a float of 132.15 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 ACM since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 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 $4.49865 being high and $4.46853 being low. For ACM, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.48861. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.35 and the low estimate is $1.24. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.29.
