With 0.65 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.42 million shares. The 52-week range on ZD shows that it touched its highest point at $68.91 and its lowest point at $37.76 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $62.29. 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 ZD was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -11.21%, but this was down by -27.32% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -35.14% while six-month performance fell -21.89%. The stock lost -44.49% in the past year, while it has lost -29.76% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ZD yields 1.33 with Next year EPS estimates of 7.53. For the next quarter, that number is 1.28. This implies an EPS growth rate of 6.28% for this year and 7.07% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 6.94% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -20.26%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 42.84 million ZD shares are outstanding with a float of 42.18 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 ZD since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 $6.76439 being high and $6.65383 being low. For ZD, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.71986. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.37 and the low estimate is $1.24. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.29.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded ZD 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.
