With 15.5 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 15.44 million shares. The 52-week range on NCLH shows that it touched its highest point at $29.29 and its lowest point at $14.21 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $23.68. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.13.
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 NCLH was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.70%, but this was down by -0.37% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 0.37% while six-month performance fell -30.99%. The stock gained 7.25% in the past year, while it has lost -25.85% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NCLH yields 1.64 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.47. For the next quarter, that number is 0.51. This implies an EPS growth rate of 12.46% for this year and 20.61% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 16.82% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -16.28%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 446.81 million NCLH shares are outstanding with a float of 444.98 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 NCLH since 11 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 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 $1.74507 being high and $1.58642 being low. For NCLH, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.65583.
