With 1.67 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.67 million shares. The 52-week range on FIVE shows that it touched its highest point at $141.70 and its lowest point at $52.38 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $102.50. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.01.
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 FIVE was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 5.27%, but this was up by 61.37% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 15.07% while six-month performance rose 28.91%. The stock lost -22.56% in the past year, while it has gained 3.79% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for FIVE yields 4.59 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.94. For the next quarter, that number is 0.77. This implies an EPS growth rate of -8.23% for this year and 6.86% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 3.77% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 8.09%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 55.03 million FIVE shares are outstanding with a float of 53.67 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 FIVE since 16 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 7 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 $5.58392 being high and $5.51387 being low. For FIVE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.54389. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.82 and the low estimate is $0.35. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.56.
