Wall Street analysts’ outlook for Carnival plc ADR (CUK)

With 1.35 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.99 million shares. The 52-week range on CUK shows that it touched its highest point at $26.14 and its lowest point at $12.65 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $27.43. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.59.

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 CUK was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 9.81%, but this was down by -8.35% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -26.49% while six-month performance fell -11.02%. The stock gained 25.88% in the past year, while it has lost -23.94% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CUK yields 1.50 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.16. For the next quarter, that number is 0.24. This implies an EPS growth rate of 31.02% for this year and 15.86% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 20.34% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -19.76%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 145.38 million CUK shares are outstanding with a float of 145.36 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 $1212000000.0 and diluted EPS was -$0.06.

Analysts Ratings:

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 $1.37062 being high and $1.29687 being low. For CUK, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.34184. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.24 and the low estimate is $1.24. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.24.