With 2.88 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.45 million shares. The 52-week range on FRO shows that it touched its highest point at $29.39 and its lowest point at $13.17 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $25.01. With its current market cap of 3.33 billion, FRO has annualized dividend of $1.78 while the current yield stands at 11.91%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.28.
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 FRO was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.08%, but this was down by -9.94% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 7.63% while six-month performance fell -34.57%. The stock lost -37.53% in the past year, while it has gained 5.36% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for FRO yields 2.23 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.11. For the next quarter, that number is 0.25. This implies an EPS growth rate of 2.75% for this year and 35.81% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 19.06% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 22.56%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 222.62 million FRO shares are outstanding with a float of 143.15 million shares on hand for trading.
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. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $234063000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.27.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for FRO since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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.
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 $2.66329 being high and $1.86097 being low. For FRO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.14841.
