With 40.81 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 52.09 million shares. The 52-week range on PFE shows that it touched its highest point at $31.54 and its lowest point at $20.92 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $27.89. With its current market cap of 135.38 billion, PFE has annualized dividend of $1.69 while the current yield stands at 7.08%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.55.
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 PFE was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.56%, but this was down by -1.73% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -8.89% while six-month performance fell -16.30%. The stock lost -12.18% in the past year, while it has lost -10.03% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PFE yields 1.38 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.09. For the next quarter, that number is 0.56. This implies an EPS growth rate of -3.10% for this year and 2.44% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -0.41% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -13.25%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 5.67 billion PFE shares are outstanding with a float of 5.67 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 PFE since 16 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 7 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 $3.10428 being high and $2.81758 being low. For PFE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.92633.
