With 25.69 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 16.38 million shares. The 52-week range on HL shows that it touched its highest point at $7.68 and its lowest point at $4.04 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $7.53. With its current market cap of 3.25 billion, HL has annualized dividend of $0.04 while the current yield stands at 0.85%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.82.
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 HL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.38%, but this was down by -14.31% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -8.69% while six-month performance fell -9.33%. The stock gained 30.43% in the past year, while it has gained 4.89% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HL yields 0.06 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.36. For the next quarter, that number is 0.06. This implies an EPS growth rate of 120.45% for this year and 50.10% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 631.73 million HL shares are outstanding with a float of 592.04 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 HL 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 $0.17965 being high and $0.02994167 being low. For HL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.089825. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.07 and the low estimate is $0.05. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.06.
