With 0.56 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.64 million shares. The 52-week range on ZD shows that it touched its highest point at $60.62 and its lowest point at $29.15 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $42.57. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.61.
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 ZD was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.36%, but this was up by 7.74% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -37.51% while six-month performance fell -43.19%. The stock lost -42.89% in the past year, while it has lost -39.57% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ZD yields 1.60 with Next year EPS estimates of 7.18. For the next quarter, that number is 1.19. This implies an EPS growth rate of 2.61% for this year and 5.64% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 4.47% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -20.26%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 42.23 million ZD shares are outstanding with a float of 41.12 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 ZD since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 $6.79394 being high and $6.65379 being low. For ZD, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.71986.
