With 1.76 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.66 million shares. The 52-week range on BLDR shows that it touched its highest point at $214.70 and its lowest point at $127.45 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $179.44. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.99.
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 BLDR was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.90%, but this was down by -17.93% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -28.30% while six-month performance fell -23.16%. The stock lost -33.14% in the past year, while it has lost -6.46% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BLDR yields 9.04 with Next year EPS estimates of 11.53. For the next quarter, that number is 1.43. This implies an EPS growth rate of -16.04% for this year and 18.79% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 7.57% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 36.74%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 113.58 million BLDR shares are outstanding with a float of 111.16 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 BLDR since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 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 $11.08907 being high and $10.8128 being low. For BLDR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $10.9557. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $3.32 and the low estimate is $2.47. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.94.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded BLDR 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.
