With 1.72 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.88 million shares. The 52-week range on SNY shows that it touched its highest point at $60.12 and its lowest point at $45.80 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $66.47. With its current market cap of 127.94 billion, SNY has annualized dividend of $2.21 while the current yield stands at 4.21%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.52.
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 SNY was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.24%, but this was down by -0.96% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -3.58% while six-month performance rose 8.25%. The stock gained 8.45% in the past year, while it has gained 8.87% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SNY yields 2.39 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.03. For the next quarter, that number is 0.94. This implies an EPS growth rate of 23.13% for this year and 9.93% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 13.21% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 13.05%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 2.61 billion SNY shares are outstanding with a float of 2.44 billion 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 SNY since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 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 $4.13323 being high and $3.4862 being low. For SNY, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.689.
