With 2.29 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 4.19 million shares. The 52-week range on GFI shows that it touched its highest point at $25.52 and its lowest point at $12.98 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $24.62. With its current market cap of 19.73 billion, GFI has annualized dividend of $0.56 while the current yield stands at 2.52%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.57.
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 GFI was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.01%, but this was down by -0.72% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 17.86% while six-month performance rose 51.58%. The stock gained 31.19% in the past year, while it has gained 66.97% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for GFI yields 1.36 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.91. For the next quarter, that number is 0.52. This implies an EPS growth rate of 84.38% for this year and 15.01% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 22.42% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 48.09%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 895.02 million GFI shares are outstanding with a float of 895.02 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 GFI 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 $1.2953 being high and $1.23695 being low. For GFI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.27196.
