With 3.22 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 5.19 million shares. The 52-week range on SU shows that it touched its highest point at $41.94 and its lowest point at $30.79 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $43.10. With its current market cap of 45.04 billion, SU has annualized dividend of $1.60 while the current yield stands at 4.39%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.82.
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 SU was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.67%, but this was up by 8.85% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -10.39% while six-month performance fell -8.06%. The stock lost -9.29% in the past year, while it has gained 2.05% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SU yields 3.47 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.16. For the next quarter, that number is 0.64. This implies an EPS growth rate of -16.83% for this year and 0.49% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 4.01% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 19.72%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 1.24 billion SU shares are outstanding with a float of 1.24 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 SU since 11 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 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 $5.3182 being high and $5.2184 being low. For SU, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.27543.
