With 1.65 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.46 million shares. During the session, the Aerospace & Defense company that operates in wider Industrials sector, reached to the highest price of $51.44 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $50.13. The 52-week range on ERJ shows that it touched its highest point at $53.19 and its lowest point at $21.20 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $53.18. ERJ paid its most recent dividend on 1545955200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1545955200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.31.
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 ERJ was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.64%, but this was up by 22.04% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 37.84% while six-month performance rose 49.25%. The stock gained 140.11% in the past year, while it has gained 39.04% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ERJ yields 1.92 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.73. For the next quarter, that number is -0.00. This implies an EPS growth rate of 10.82% for this year and 28.43% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 183.66 million ERJ shares are outstanding with a float of 183.65 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 4.93 million, which was 269.0 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Francisco Gomes Neto as the firm’s President & CEO, Mr. Antonio Carlos Garcia serves as its CFO, EVP of Financial & Investor Relations, Head of Investor Relations & Investor Relations Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.42666999 of ERJ’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, ERJ reported revenue of $1692400000.0 and operating income of $287800000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $451900000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.9736.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for ERJ since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 ERJ analysts setting a high price target of 65.0 and a low target of 35.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 52.28571. Based on these targets, ERJ could surge 27.45% to reach the target high and fall by -31.37% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 2.52% 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 $2.14443 being high and $2.07295 being low. For ERJ, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.10358. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.54 and the low estimate is $0.54. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.54.
