With 1.58 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.5 million shares. The 52-week range on BUD shows that it touched its highest point at $67.55 and its lowest point at $45.94 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $80.36. With its current market cap of 118.39 billion, BUD has annualized dividend of $1.05 while the current yield stands at 1.55%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.82.
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 BUD was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.78%, but this was up by 6.70% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 27.11% while six-month performance rose 18.31%. The stock gained 4.34% in the past year, while it has gained 34.85% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BUD yields 2.86 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.17. For the next quarter, that number is 0.95. This implies an EPS growth rate of 4.89% for this year and 12.69% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 10.22% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -8.76%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 1.75 billion BUD shares are outstanding with a float of 1.75 billion 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 BUD since 9 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 8 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 $3.51445 being high and $3.23725 being low. For BUD, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.33625.
