With 0.64 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.99 million shares. The 52-week range on JXN shows that it touched its highest point at $115.22 and its lowest point at $64.70 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $94.80. With its current market cap of 5.81 billion, JXN has annualized dividend of $2.90 while the current yield stands at 3.57%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.49.
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 JXN was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -4.62%, but this was up by 9.22% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -0.54% while six-month performance fell -19.42%. The stock gained 6.07% in the past year, while it has lost -6.68% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for JXN yields 1.03 with Next year EPS estimates of 21.23. For the next quarter, that number is 4.84. This implies an EPS growth rate of 5.45% for this year and 7.16% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 71.88 million JXN shares are outstanding with a float of 69.86 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 JXN 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 $19.61868 being high and $18.41754 being low. For JXN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $19.01811. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $4.95 and the low estimate is $4.59. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $4.72.
