With 10.47 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 9.39 million shares. During the session, the Utilities – Diversified company that operates in wider Utilities sector, reached to the highest price of $4.955 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $4.83. The 52-week range on AQN shows that it touched its highest point at $6.79 and its lowest point at $4.19 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $5.17. With its current market cap of 3.87 billion, AQN has annualized dividend of $0.35 while the current yield stands at 7.08%. AQN paid its most recent dividend on 1735603200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1743379200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.74.
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 AQN was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.30%, but this was up by 6.52% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 2.30% while six-month performance fell -7.72%. The stock lost -23.68% in the past year, while it has gained 10.11% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AQN yields -1.80 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.35. For the next quarter, that number is 0.10. This implies an EPS growth rate of -2.92% for this year and 20.76% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 767.34 million AQN shares are outstanding with a float of 766.86 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 18.33 million, which was 239.0 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Stephanie Bose as the firm’s Senior Director of Corporate Communications, Ms. Brenda Dale Marshall serves as its Senior Vice President of Wind Development.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.65073997 of AQN’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, AQN reported revenue of $584828000.0 and operating income of $105568000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $212115000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for AQN since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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. With AQN analysts setting a high price target of 6.25 and a low target of 4.75, the average target price over the next 12 months is 5.27778. Based on these targets, AQN could surge 27.55% to reach the target high and fall by -3.06% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 7.71% from current levels.
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 $0.38588 being high and $0.35694 being low. For AQN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.36659.
