With 105.77 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 128.32 million shares. The 52-week range on F shows that it touched its highest point at $14.62 and its lowest point at $8.44 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $9.28. With its current market cap of 40.44 billion, F has annualized dividend of $0.60 while the current yield stands at 5.90%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.52.
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 F was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.50%, but this was up by 6.60% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 4.48% while six-month performance fell -1.30%. The stock lost -15.30% in the past year, while it has gained 4.38% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for F yields 1.46 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.28. For the next quarter, that number is 0.29. This implies an EPS growth rate of -42.92% for this year and 22.15% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -8.88% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 162.64%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 3.98 billion F shares are outstanding with a float of 3.89 billion shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for F since 25 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 15 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 3 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 7 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 $1.91257 being high and $1.59887 being low. For F, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.80126.
