With 0.89 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.77 million shares. The 52-week range on WING shows that it touched its highest point at $433.86 and its lowest point at $207.53 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $327.14. With its current market cap of 6.12 billion, WING has annualized dividend of $1.03 while the current yield stands at 0.48%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.05.
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 WING was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -7.04%, but this was down by -30.03% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -36.74% while six-month performance fell -41.13%. The stock lost -42.45% in the past year, while it has lost -24.93% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WING yields 3.70 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.86. For the next quarter, that number is 0.88. This implies an EPS growth rate of 1.45% for this year and 29.16% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 18.87% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 39.91%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 28.66 million WING shares are outstanding with a float of 28.52 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 WING since 16 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 8 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 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 $3.72996 being high and $3.60964 being low. For WING, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.64975. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.96 and the low estimate is $0.79. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.89.
