With 0.44 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.62 million shares. The 52-week range on DIN shows that it touched its highest point at $39.21 and its lowest point at $18.63 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $24.00. With its current market cap of 413.15 million, DIN has annualized dividend of $2.04 while the current yield stands at 7.72%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.21.
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 DIN was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 7.17%, but this was up by 9.26% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 0.69% while six-month performance fell -18.45%. The stock lost -29.90% in the past year, while it has lost -12.16% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for DIN yields 3.61 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.20. For the next quarter, that number is 1.44. This implies an EPS growth rate of -8.47% for this year and 6.46% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 4.94% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -6.33%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 15.64 million DIN shares are outstanding with a float of 15.02 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 DIN since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 $5.86555 being high and $5.78575 being low. For DIN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.82565.
