With 1.18 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.45 million shares. The 52-week range on VSH shows that it touched its highest point at $24.68 and its lowest point at $10.35 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $13.50. With its current market cap of 2.03 billion, VSH has annualized dividend of $0.40 while the current yield stands at 2.66%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.13.
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 VSH was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.83%, but this was up by 33.54% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -19.30% while six-month performance fell -8.08%. The stock lost -36.72% in the past year, while it has lost -11.39% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VSH yields -0.49 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.03. For the next quarter, that number is 0.03. This implies an EPS growth rate of -48.62% for this year and 319.45% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 135.55 million VSH shares are outstanding with a float of 121.97 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 VSH since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 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 $0.58259 being high and $0.54241 being low. For VSH, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.5625.
