With 0.91 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.77 million shares. The 52-week range on PRGO shows that it touched its highest point at $30.93 and its lowest point at $23.14 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $34.25. With its current market cap of 3.63 billion, PRGO has annualized dividend of $1.12 while the current yield stands at 4.23%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.45.
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 PRGO was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.42%, but this was up by 6.71% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 4.18% while six-month performance fell -1.79%. The stock lost -10.63% in the past year, while it has gained 2.68% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PRGO yields -1.27 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.27. For the next quarter, that number is 0.59. This implies an EPS growth rate of 17.51% for this year and 8.21% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 137.20 million PRGO shares are outstanding with a float of 136.81 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 PRGO since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 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 $2.58002 being high and $2.53002 being low. For PRGO, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.56002. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.84 and the low estimate is $0.75. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.8.
