With 0.73 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.61 million shares. The 52-week range on DOLE shows that it touched its highest point at $17.12 and its lowest point at $11.77 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $17.12. With its current market cap of 1.34 billion, DOLE has annualized dividend of $0.32 while the current yield stands at 2.27%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.72.
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 DOLE was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -3.62%, but this was up by 4.83% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 1.95% while six-month performance fell -14.90%. The stock gained 14.07% in the past year, while it has gained 4.21% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for DOLE yields 0.99 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.50. For the next quarter, that number is 0.51. This implies an EPS growth rate of 0.09% for this year and 18.13% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 6.58% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 25.94%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 95.14 million DOLE shares are outstanding with a float of 68.28 million 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 DOLE since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 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 $1.25105 being high and $1.17927 being low. For DOLE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.22029.
