With 2.29 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.17 million shares. The 52-week range on DAR shows that it touched its highest point at $48.39 and its lowest point at $32.55 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $53.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.17.
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 DAR was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -8.95%, but this was down by -7.82% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -17.37% while six-month performance fell -19.75%. The stock lost -23.31% in the past year, while it has lost -0.59% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for DAR yields 1.73 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.56. For the next quarter, that number is 0.42. This implies an EPS growth rate of 46.71% for this year and 40.15% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 32.62% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -1.43%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 158.90 million DAR shares are outstanding with a float of 156.63 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 DAR since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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 $1.64054 being high and $1.2826 being low. For DAR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.45163. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.66 and the low estimate is $0.33. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.5.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded DAR 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.
