With 4.09 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 3.64 million shares. The 52-week range on VIPS shows that it touched its highest point at $18.08 and its lowest point at $11.50 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $16.46. With its current market cap of 7.19 billion, VIPS has annualized dividend of $0.43 while the current yield stands at 2.60%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.50.
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 VIPS was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 8.32%, but this was up by 8.61% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 24.66% while six-month performance rose 33.31%. The stock lost -6.87% in the past year, while it has gained 22.72% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VIPS yields 1.99 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.58. For the next quarter, that number is 0.61. This implies an EPS growth rate of 4.27% for this year and 7.13% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 4.75% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 18.03%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 434.91 million VIPS shares are outstanding with a float of 434.68 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 VIPS since 18 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 8 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 1 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 $16.61695 being high and $15.88814 being low. For VIPS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $16.25254. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $4.79 and the low estimate is $3.85. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $4.13.
