With 2.52 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 5.69 million shares. The 52-week range on KIM shows that it touched its highest point at $25.75 and its lowest point at $17.78 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $23.99. With its current market cap of 14.47 billion, KIM has annualized dividend of $0.74 while the current yield stands at 3.47%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.28.
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 KIM was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.43%, but this was up by 5.42% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -4.68% while six-month performance fell -14.37%. The stock gained 12.88% in the past year, while it has lost -8.71% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KIM yields 0.76 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.75. For the next quarter, that number is 0.17. This implies an EPS growth rate of 28.13% for this year and 6.18% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 14.76% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -7.14%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 679.50 million KIM shares are outstanding with a float of 661.92 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 KIM since 9 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 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 $0.53769 being high and $0.53117 being low. For KIM, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.53443.
