With 0.67 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.09 million shares. During the session, the Apparel Retail company that operates in wider Consumer Cyclical sector, reached to the highest price of $250.91 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $242.67. The 52-week range on BURL shows that it touched its highest point at $298.89 and its lowest point at $174.64 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $336.22. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.66.
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 BURL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.74%, but this was up by 3.84% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.85% while six-month performance fell -9.73%. The stock gained 7.77% in the past year, while it has lost -14.06% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BURL yields 7.79 with Next year EPS estimates of 11.26. For the next quarter, that number is 1.43. This implies an EPS growth rate of 14.25% for this year and 20.66% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 19.71% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 2.44%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 63.28 million BURL shares are outstanding with a float of 62.84 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-14, short shares totaled 2.77 million, which was 438.0 higher than short shares on 1739491200. In addition to Mr. Michael B. O’Sullivan as the firm’s CEO & Director, Ms. Jennifer Vecchio serves as its Group President & Chief Merchandising Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 1.08315 of BURL’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 2025-02-01, BURL reported revenue of $3277057000.0 and operating income of $352625000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $459140000.0 and diluted EPS was $4.02.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for BURL since 16 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 13 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 BURL analysts setting a high price target of 405.0 and a low target of 277.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 335.28894. Based on these targets, BURL could surge 65.31% to reach the target high and rise by 13.07% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 36.86% 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 $5.78563 being high and $5.47904 being low. For BURL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.69662. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.48 and the low estimate is $1.29. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.35.
