With 1.2 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.23 million shares. The 52-week range on PZZA shows that it touched its highest point at $60.75 and its lowest point at $30.16 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $46.55. With its current market cap of 1.63 billion, PZZA has annualized dividend of $2.30 while the current yield stands at 4.62%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.17.
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 PZZA was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.44%, but this was up by 24.34% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 6.16% while six-month performance rose 5.93%. The stock gained 3.32% in the past year, while it has gained 21.26% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PZZA yields 2.36 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.25. For the next quarter, that number is 0.35. This implies an EPS growth rate of -26.87% for this year and 31.54% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 32.73 million PZZA shares are outstanding with a float of 32.10 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 PZZA since 12 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 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 $2.27602 being high and $2.11488 being low. For PZZA, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.20552.
