With 0.62 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.53 million shares. The 52-week range on JBTM shows that it touched its highest point at $139.05 and its lowest point at $82.64 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $125.20. With its current market cap of 6.26 billion, JBTM has annualized dividend of $0.40 while the current yield stands at 0.33%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.25.
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 JBTM was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.20%, but this was up by 14.81% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -8.06% while six-month performance fell -3.73%. The stock gained 27.22% in the past year, while it has lost -5.19% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for JBTM yields -1.40 with Next year EPS estimates of 7.15. For the next quarter, that number is 1.27. This implies an EPS growth rate of 10.28% for this year and 27.20% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 23.95% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -8.03%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 51.96 million JBTM shares are outstanding with a float of 51.05 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 $5.27 being high and $5.13 being low. For JBTM, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.21.
