With 5.4 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 5.91 million shares. The 52-week range on BBWI shows that it touched its highest point at $52.99 and its lowest point at $24.96 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $42.12. With its current market cap of 5.75 billion, BBWI has annualized dividend of $0.80 while the current yield stands at 2.95%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.73.
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 BBWI was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -11.10%, but this was down by -12.95% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -20.73% while six-month performance fell -24.37%. The stock lost -46.46% in the past year, while it has lost -29.97% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BBWI yields 3.74 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.83. For the next quarter, that number is 0.37. This implies an EPS growth rate of 6.62% for this year and 9.16% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.73% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 3.75%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 212.00 million BBWI shares are outstanding with a float of 209.15 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 BBWI since 15 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 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 $3.2049 being high and $3.02292 being low. For BBWI, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.1038.
