With 0.52 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.61 million shares. The 52-week range on VAC shows that it touched its highest point at $100.32 and its lowest point at $49.22 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $89.30. With its current market cap of 2.27 billion, VAC has annualized dividend of $3.13 while the current yield stands at 4.76%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.48.
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 VAC was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -3.25%, but this was up by 10.40% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -7.40% while six-month performance fell -32.04%. The stock lost -28.24% in the past year, while it has lost -26.71% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for VAC yields 5.84 with Next year EPS estimates of 7.69. For the next quarter, that number is 1.81. This implies an EPS growth rate of 1.85% for this year and 15.08% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.45% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 12.67%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 34.53 million VAC shares are outstanding with a float of 31.42 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 VAC since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 $6.28714 being high and $6.07 being low. For VAC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.17857. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.84 and the low estimate is $1.57. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.67.
