With 1.44 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.35 million shares. The 52-week range on FOX shows that it touched its highest point at $55.00 and its lowest point at $30.10 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $57.03. With its current market cap of 23.96 billion, FOX has annualized dividend of $0.54 while the current yield stands at 1.05%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.57.
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 FOX was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 9.26%, but this was up by 10.73% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -1.65% while six-month performance rose 20.73%. The stock gained 66.92% in the past year, while it has gained 12.18% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for FOX yields 4.02 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.21. For the next quarter, that number is 0.99. This implies an EPS growth rate of 30.42% for this year and -5.90% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 11.86% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 4.01%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 235.58 million FOX shares are outstanding with a float of 130.60 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 FOX since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 $3.30848 being high and $3.30848 being low. For FOX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.30848.
