With 0.54 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.09 million shares. The 52-week range on H shows that it touched its highest point at $168.20 and its lowest point at $102.43 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $144.11. With its current market cap of 12.41 billion, H has annualized dividend of $0.60 while the current yield stands at 0.46%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.43.
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 H was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.13%, but this was up by 6.91% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -5.16% while six-month performance fell -16.80%. The stock lost -9.98% in the past year, while it has lost -17.21% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for H yields 7.72 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.30. For the next quarter, that number is 0.66. This implies an EPS growth rate of -31.26% for this year and 31.21% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 4.25% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 11.92%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 41.92 million H shares are outstanding with a float of 40.01 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 H since 15 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 6 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 $4.18496 being high and $3.50997 being low. For H, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.9565. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.85 and the low estimate is $0.46. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.65.
