With 0.41 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.44 million shares. The 52-week range on FMS shows that it touched its highest point at $30.46 and its lowest point at $17.93 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $28.25. With its current market cap of 17.21 billion, FMS has annualized dividend of $0.64 while the current yield stands at 2.19%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.87.
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 FMS was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.24%, but this was up by 24.03% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 26.98% while six-month performance rose 32.55%. The stock gained 33.70% in the past year, while it has gained 29.51% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for FMS yields 1.13 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.36. For the next quarter, that number is 0.48. This implies an EPS growth rate of 27.42% for this year and 13.27% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 16.55% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -14.87%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 586.83 million FMS shares are outstanding with a float of 586.39 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 FMS since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 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 $1.596 being high and $1.41975 being low. For FMS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.49809. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.58 and the low estimate is $0.46. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.52.
