With 22.78 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 19.68 million shares. The 52-week range on STLA shows that it touched its highest point at $17.01 and its lowest point at $8.39 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $10.65. With its current market cap of 25.81 billion, STLA has annualized dividend of $0.78 while the current yield stands at 8.61%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.46.
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 STLA was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -12.86%, but this was down by -10.17% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -6.05% while six-month performance fell -32.51%. The stock lost -30.96% in the past year, while it has lost -48.98% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for STLA yields -0.91 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.14. EPS is expected to grow by 2.90% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -0.34%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 2.86 billion STLA shares are outstanding with a float of 1.92 billion 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 STLA since 11 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 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 $2.65263 being high and $2.21561 being low. For STLA, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.45952. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.
