With 1.19 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.53 million shares. The 52-week range on CHRW shows that it touched its highest point at $114.82 and its lowest point at $81.39 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $110.64. With its current market cap of 11.46 billion, CHRW has annualized dividend of $2.47 while the current yield stands at 2.56%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.91.
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 CHRW was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.26%, but this was up by 6.52% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -4.32% while six-month performance fell -12.25%. The stock gained 14.18% in the past year, while it has lost -6.58% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CHRW yields 4.19 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.47. For the next quarter, that number is 1.16. This implies an EPS growth rate of 4.20% for this year and 16.37% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.59% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -1.63%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 118.96 million CHRW shares are outstanding with a float of 117.56 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 CHRW since 16 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 2 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 $4.46888 being high and $4.2993 being low. For CHRW, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.3791. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.36 and the low estimate is $1.0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.22.
