With 4.67 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 3.95 million shares. The 52-week range on CEG shows that it touched its highest point at $352.00 and its lowest point at $155.60 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $317.34. With its current market cap of 90.85 billion, CEG has annualized dividend of $1.48 while the current yield stands at 0.51%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.16.
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 CEG was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -4.45%, but this was up by 5.87% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 39.57% while six-month performance rose 16.15%. The stock gained 39.19% in the past year, while it has gained 29.58% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CEG yields 9.49 with Next year EPS estimates of 11.10. For the next quarter, that number is 1.94. This implies an EPS growth rate of 8.20% for this year and 18.33% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 11.45% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 28.15%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 313.38 million CEG shares are outstanding with a float of 312.87 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 CEG since 9 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 $8.48313 being high and $8.35339 being low. For CEG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $8.41327.
