With 0.67 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.57 million shares. The 52-week range on EPC shows that it touched its highest point at $41.50 and its lowest point at $24.35 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $30.86. With its current market cap of 1.25 billion, EPC has annualized dividend of $0.60 while the current yield stands at 2.26%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.84.
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 EPC was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.49%, but this was down by -13.25% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -13.42% while six-month performance fell -27.74%. The stock lost -29.77% in the past year, while it has lost -21.07% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for EPC yields 1.71 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.06. For the next quarter, that number is 1.01. This implies an EPS growth rate of -4.10% for this year and 4.68% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 47.31 million EPC shares are outstanding with a float of 46.36 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 EPC since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 $3.04324 being high and $2.95306 being low. For EPC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.00237.
