With 1.0 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.57 million shares. The 52-week range on WHD shows that it touched its highest point at $70.01 and its lowest point at $44.57 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $58.14. With its current market cap of 3.77 billion, WHD has annualized dividend of $0.51 while the current yield stands at 1.08%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.74.
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 WHD was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -17.10%, but this was down by -19.90% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -30.95% while six-month performance fell -20.35%. The stock gained 3.02% in the past year, while it has lost -18.76% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WHD yields 2.77 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.31. For the next quarter, that number is 0.69. This implies an EPS growth rate of -2.96% for this year and 10.96% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 3.16% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 8.10%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 68.15 million WHD shares are outstanding with a float of 67.55 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 WHD since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 $3.07793 being high and $3.00469 being low. For WHD, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.06797.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded WHD 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.
