With 1.63 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.4 million shares. The 52-week range on FA shows that it touched its highest point at $20.79 and its lowest point at $12.32 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $18.43. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.32.
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 FA was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.76%, but this was up by 34.97% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -7.15% while six-month performance rose 0.89%. The stock gained 11.19% in the past year, while it has lost -2.94% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for FA yields -0.90 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.12. For the next quarter, that number is 0.24. This implies an EPS growth rate of 13.89% for this year and 20.09% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 173.64 million FA shares are outstanding with a float of 78.03 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 FA 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 $0.88584 being high and $0.84646 being low. For FA, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.86615. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.29 and the low estimate is $0.23. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.27.
