With 0.69 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.97 million shares. The 52-week range on DVA shows that it touched its highest point at $179.60 and its lowest point at $131.44 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $169.14. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.12.
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 DVA was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.02%, but this was down by -1.83% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -18.90% while six-month performance fell -7.04%. The stock gained 5.13% in the past year, while it has lost -3.98% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for DVA yields 10.10 with Next year EPS estimates of 12.86. For the next quarter, that number is 2.87. This implies an EPS growth rate of 13.57% for this year and 16.99% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 15.49% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 15.27%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 77.28 million DVA shares are outstanding with a float of 71.84 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 DVA since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 $9.74708 being high and $9.62749 being low. For DVA, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $9.67732.
