With 1.04 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.86 million shares. The 52-week range on GWRE shows that it touched its highest point at $263.20 and its lowest point at $132.01 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $257.92. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.15.
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 GWRE was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.84%, but this was up by 13.07% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 24.46% while six-month performance rose 38.21%. The stock gained 41.42% in the past year, while it has gained 75.93% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for GWRE yields 0.39 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.80. For the next quarter, that number is 0.63. This implies an EPS growth rate of 81.14% for this year and 14.42% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 84.20 million GWRE shares are outstanding with a float of 83.57 million shares on hand for trading.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $58301000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.54.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for GWRE since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 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 $1.34915 being high and $1.19583 being low. For GWRE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.26738.
