With 1.54 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.51 million shares. The 52-week range on ANF shows that it touched its highest point at $196.99 and its lowest point at $65.40 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $115.50. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.47.
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 ANF was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.14%, but this was up by 6.96% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -28.28% while six-month performance fell -44.92%. The stock lost -43.30% in the past year, while it has lost -47.78% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ANF yields 10.70 with Next year EPS estimates of 10.75. For the next quarter, that number is 1.40. This implies an EPS growth rate of -0.36% for this year and 0.93% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -3.51% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 77.99%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 49.73 million ANF shares are outstanding with a float of 46.45 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 ANF since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 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 $6.18567 being high and $6.00638 being low. For ANF, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.12591. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.76 and the low estimate is $2.61. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.67.
