With 11.48 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 10.53 million shares. The 52-week range on XYZ shows that it touched its highest point at $99.26 and its lowest point at $44.27 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $65.99. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.76.
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 XYZ was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 5.83%, but this was up by 5.61% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -5.44% while six-month performance fell -31.96%. The stock lost -6.55% in the past year, while it has lost -27.34% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for XYZ yields 4.11 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.73. For the next quarter, that number is 0.67. This implies an EPS growth rate of -16.43% for this year and 32.55% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 11.10% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 41.45%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 556.83 million XYZ shares are outstanding with a float of 535.70 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
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 $3.7069 being high and $3.24863 being low. For XYZ, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.55414. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.22 and the low estimate is $0.45. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.73.
