With 1.25 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.09 million shares. The 52-week range on WPM shows that it touched its highest point at $87.42 and its lowest point at $51.96 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $94.48. With its current market cap of 38.36 billion, WPM has annualized dividend of $0.63 while the current yield stands at 0.75%. 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 WPM was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 7.35%, but this was up by 3.72% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 24.26% while six-month performance rose 38.85%. The stock gained 46.35% in the past year, while it has gained 50.36% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WPM yields 1.36 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.26. For the next quarter, that number is 0.52. This implies an EPS growth rate of 55.14% for this year and 3.15% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 19.11% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 43.30%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 453.81 million WPM shares are outstanding with a float of 453.13 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 WPM since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 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 $1.52023 being high and $1.3919 being low. For WPM, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.44126.
