With 0.56 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.83 million shares. The 52-week range on LPG shows that it touched its highest point at $45.71 and its lowest point at $16.31 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $27.48. With its current market cap of 929.29 million, LPG has annualized dividend of $0.00 while the current yield stands at 0.00%. 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 LPG was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.89%, but this was up by 1.13% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 9.01% while six-month performance fell -6.07%. The stock lost -52.36% in the past year, while it has lost -6.03% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LPG yields 2.16 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.76. For the next quarter, that number is 0.67. This implies an EPS growth rate of 29.85% for this year and -6.43% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 6.28% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 0.65%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 42.75 million LPG shares are outstanding with a float of 36.52 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 LPG since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 $7.68914 being high and $7.65422 being low. For LPG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $7.67168.
