With 2.04 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.15 million shares. The 52-week range on VIK shows that it touched its highest point at $53.14 and its lowest point at $28.67 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $51.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.24.
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 VIK was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -6.56%, but this was up by 8.63% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -10.14% while six-month performance fell -4.89%. The stock gained 44.82% in the past year, while it has lost -2.02% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VIK yields 1.23 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.05. For the next quarter, that number is 0.97. This implies an EPS growth rate of 30.27% for this year and 25.88% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 442.72 million VIK shares are outstanding with a float of 184.98 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 VIK since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 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.
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 $1.62337 being high and $1.34147 being low. For VIK, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.4484. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.36 and the low estimate is $1.06. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.19.
