With 4.57 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 5.36 million shares. The 52-week range on UWMC shows that it touched its highest point at $9.74 and its lowest point at $3.88 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $6.00. With its current market cap of 7.00 billion, UWMC has annualized dividend of $0.40 while the current yield stands at 9.13%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.75.
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 UWMC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 6.31%, but this was up by 3.06% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -25.00% while six-month performance fell -32.30%. The stock lost -40.41% in the past year, while it has lost -25.38% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for UWMC yields -0.15 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.48. For the next quarter, that number is 0.06. This implies an EPS growth rate of 43.60% for this year and 109.52% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 200.78 million UWMC shares are outstanding with a float of 140.46 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 UWMC since 9 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 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 $0.20872 being high and $0.1518 being low. For UWMC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.18975.
