With 0.69 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.07 million shares. The 52-week range on H shows that it touched its highest point at $168.20 and its lowest point at $102.43 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $143.68. With its current market cap of 12.17 billion, H has annualized dividend of $0.60 while the current yield stands at 0.47%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.40.
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 H was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -4.96%, but this was up by 15.00% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -8.91% while six-month performance fell -16.49%. The stock lost -15.35% in the past year, while it has lost -18.75% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for H yields 7.72 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.31. For the next quarter, that number is 0.68. This implies an EPS growth rate of -31.00% for this year and 31.08% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 3.92% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 11.92%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 41.92 million H shares are outstanding with a float of 40.02 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 H since 15 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 6 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 $4.18496 being high and $3.50997 being low. For H, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.9565. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.85 and the low estimate is $0.46. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.67.
