With 1.3 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.72 million shares. The 52-week range on FIVE shows that it touched its highest point at $137.30 and its lowest point at $52.38 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $127.05. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.02.
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 FIVE was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.20%, but this was up by 19.75% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 70.06% while six-month performance rose 15.47%. The stock gained 8.49% in the past year, while it has gained 20.49% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for FIVE yields 4.77 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.15. For the next quarter, that number is 0.56. This implies an EPS growth rate of -7.86% for this year and 10.91% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 5.39% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 8.09%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 55.06 million FIVE shares are outstanding with a float of 53.67 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 FIVE since 16 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 7 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 $5.58392 being high and $5.51387 being low. For FIVE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.54389.
