With 0.64 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.64 million shares. The 52-week range on VAC shows that it touched its highest point at $100.32 and its lowest point at $49.22 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $89.70. With its current market cap of 2.33 billion, VAC has annualized dividend of $3.10 while the current yield stands at 4.59%. 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 VAC was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.32%, but this was up by 27.38% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -19.67% while six-month performance fell -25.08%. The stock lost -31.07% in the past year, while it has lost -24.73% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VAC yields 5.84 with Next year EPS estimates of 7.72. For the next quarter, that number is 1.74. This implies an EPS growth rate of 0.97% for this year and 16.49% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.23% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 12.67%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 34.53 million VAC shares are outstanding with a float of 31.42 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 VAC 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 $6.28714 being high and $6.07 being low. For VAC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.17857.
