With 59.23 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 63.96 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $15.115 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $14.66. The 52-week range on NU shows that it touched its highest point at $16.15 and its lowest point at $9.01 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $16.34. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.08.
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 NU was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 8.05%, but this was up by 17.04% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 23.19% while six-month performance rose 31.29%. The stock gained 42.57% in the past year, while it has gained 0.96% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NU yields 0.47 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.82. For the next quarter, that number is 0.16. This implies an EPS growth rate of 44.50% for this year and 39.82% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 3.78 billion NU shares are outstanding with a float of 3.37 billion shares on hand for trading. On 2025-08-15, short shares totaled 124.71 million, which was 257.99999 higher than short shares on 1752537600. In addition to Mr. David Velez-Osomo as the firm’s Founder, Chairman & CEO, Mr. Roberto de Oliveira Campos Neto serves as its Vice Chairman & Global Head of Public Policy.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for NU since 9 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 8 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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. With NU analysts setting a high price target of 20.0 and a low target of 14.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 16.86111. Based on these targets, NU could surge 35.41% to reach the target high and fall by -5.21% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 14.16% from current levels.
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 $0.4447 being high and $0.40428 being low. For NU, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.42449. The surprise factor in the prior quarter was $0.13. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.19 and the low estimate is $0.18. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.19.
