With 0.54 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.11 million shares. During the session, the Food Distribution company that operates in wider Consumer Defensive sector, reached to the highest price of $4.38 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $3.672. The 52-week range on HFFG shows that it touched its highest point at $4.25 and its lowest point at $1.70 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $7.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.90.
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 HFFG was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 56.27%, but this was up by 116.92% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 31.33% while six-month performance rose 33.33%. The stock gained 27.11% in the past year, while it has gained 35.83% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HFFG yields -0.92 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.70. For the next quarter, that number is 0.13. This implies an EPS growth rate of 92.31% for this year and 40.00% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 54.74 million HFFG shares are outstanding with a float of 36.94 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-14, short shares totaled 0.39 million, which was 73.0 higher than short shares on 1739491200. In addition to Mr. Xi Lin as the firm’s CEO & President, Ms. Christine Chang J.D. serves as its General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.19134001 of HFFG’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, HFFG reported revenue of $305282000.0 and operating income of $4117000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $11084000.0 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 HFFG analysts setting a high price target of 7.0 and a low target of 7.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 7.0. Based on these targets, HFFG could surge 60.55% to reach the target high and rise by 60.55% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 60.55% 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 $0.22 being high and $0.22 being low. For HFFG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.22. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.13 and the low estimate is $0.13. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.13.
