With 0.74 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.02 million shares. The 52-week range on ULS shows that it touched its highest point at $71.95 and its lowest point at $36.52 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $71.89. With its current market cap of 14.25 billion, ULS has annualized dividend of $0.51 while the current yield stands at 0.71%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.09.
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 ULS was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.79%, but this was up by 23.09% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 23.89% while six-month performance rose 37.64%. The stock gained 94.07% in the past year, while it has gained 42.44% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ULS yields 1.68 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.97. For the next quarter, that number is 0.47. This implies an EPS growth rate of 4.57% for this year and 10.80% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 9.46% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 8.97%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 62.05 million ULS shares are outstanding with a float of 61.50 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 ULS since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 $1.61344 being high and $1.55331 being low. For ULS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.5934.
