With 1.36 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.12 million shares. The 52-week range on SEE shows that it touched its highest point at $41.14 and its lowest point at $22.78 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $36.45. With its current market cap of 4.74 billion, SEE has annualized dividend of $0.80 while the current yield stands at 2.48%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.37.
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 SEE was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.57%, but this was up by 20.34% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -0.31% while six-month performance fell -7.75%. The stock lost -15.29% in the past year, while it has lost -4.67% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SEE yields 2.07 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.31. For the next quarter, that number is 0.73. This implies an EPS growth rate of -1.18% for this year and 6.51% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 4.21% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -0.46%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 146.93 million SEE shares are outstanding with a float of 144.54 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 SEE since 11 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 8 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 $3.10098 being high and $3.01066 being low. For SEE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.06084.
