With 0.55 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.45 million shares. During the session, the Engineering & Construction company that operates in wider Industrials sector, reached to the highest price of $8.77 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $8.54. The 52-week range on GLDD shows that it touched its highest point at $12.89 and its lowest point at $6.55 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $14.50. GLDD paid its most recent dividend on 1355875200, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1355875200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.19.
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 GLDD was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 13.43%, but this was down by -21.76% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -31.66% while six-month performance fell -9.09%. The stock gained 0.35% in the past year, while it has lost -22.94% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for GLDD yields 0.84 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.92. For the next quarter, that number is 0.26. This implies an EPS growth rate of -11.01% for this year and 23.08% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 67.28 million GLDD shares are outstanding with a float of 65.63 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 0.75 million, which was 111.99999999999999 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Lasse J. Petterson as the firm’s CEO, President & Director, Mr. Scott Lee Kornblau CPA serves as its Senior VP & Chief Financial Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.85521007 of GLDD’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, GLDD reported revenue of $202774000.0 and operating income of $27049000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $40236000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.
Analysts Ratings:
In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With GLDD analysts setting a high price target of 16.0 and a low target of 13.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 14.5. Based on these targets, GLDD could surge 83.91% to reach the target high and rise by 49.43% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 66.67% 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 $0.79266 being high and $0.76218 being low. For GLDD, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.7825. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.18 and the low estimate is $0.05. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.09.
