Prepare Yourself for Liftoff: Construction Partners Inc (ROAD)

With 0.81 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.56 million shares. The 52-week range on ROAD shows that it touched its highest point at $103.69 and its lowest point at $48.83 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $104.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.88.

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 ROAD was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.86%, but this was down by -15.91% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -33.15% while six-month performance rose 4.43%. The stock gained 40.62% in the past year, while it has lost -23.57% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ROAD yields 1.07 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.72. For the next quarter, that number is -0.07. This implies an EPS growth rate of 56.49% for this year and 32.68% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 42.11% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 9.35%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 47.16 million ROAD shares are outstanding with a float of 45.96 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 ROAD since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 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 $1.34723 being high and $1.31264 being low. For ROAD, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.32667.

Summary of Insider Activity:

Insiders traded ROAD stock several times over the past three months with 0 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 0 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has remained unchanged to 0 while that of sell transactions has remained unmoved to 0 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 0 while 0 shares were sold.