With 1.52 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.65 million shares. The 52-week range on VVV shows that it touched its highest point at $48.26 and its lowest point at $31.01 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $42.17. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.17.
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 VVV was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.06%, but this was down by -0.18% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -6.17% while six-month performance fell -19.21%. The stock lost -17.41% in the past year, while it has lost -5.47% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VVV yields 2.06 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.87. For the next quarter, that number is 0.45. This implies an EPS growth rate of 1.45% for this year and 17.53% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 12.66% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 7.97%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 127.10 million VVV shares are outstanding with a float of 126.80 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 VVV since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 $1.54693 being high and $1.49703 being low. For VVV, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.52697. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.5 and the low estimate is $0.46. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.48.
