With 10.66 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 4.63 million shares. The 52-week range on CCJ shows that it touched its highest point at $68.12 and its lowest point at $35.00 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $66.10. With its current market cap of 27.79 billion, CCJ has annualized dividend of $0.11 while the current yield stands at 0.18%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.97.
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 CCJ was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.95%, but this was up by 25.82% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 52.96% while six-month performance rose 4.40%. The stock gained 15.07% in the past year, while it has gained 24.21% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CCJ yields 0.41 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.63. For the next quarter, that number is 0.33. This implies an EPS growth rate of 113.37% for this year and 61.65% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 60.42% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 15.41%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 435.32 million CCJ shares are outstanding with a float of 433.81 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 CCJ since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 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 $0.68771 being high and $0.55017 being low. For CCJ, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.60519.
