With 3.59 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 5.48 million shares. The 52-week range on SAND shows that it touched its highest point at $8.91 and its lowest point at $4.92 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $10.04. With its current market cap of 2.39 billion, SAND has annualized dividend of $0.06 while the current yield stands at 0.70%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.43.
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 SAND was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -4.45%, but this was down by -2.86% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 22.56% while six-month performance rose 48.99%. The stock gained 44.76% in the past year, while it has gained 46.06% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SAND yields 0.10 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.25. For the next quarter, that number is 0.04. This implies an EPS growth rate of 272.87% for this year and 32.09% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 73.10% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -12.26%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 293.45 million SAND shares are outstanding with a float of 260.64 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 SAND since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 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 $0.10465 being high and $0.06659333 being low. For SAND, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.08562.
