With 2.05 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.5 million shares. The 52-week range on KMX shows that it touched its highest point at $91.25 and its lowest point at $61.34 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $81.92. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.38.
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 KMX was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.81%, but this was down by -1.46% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -15.59% while six-month performance fell -21.38%. The stock lost -7.27% in the past year, while it has lost -20.01% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KMX yields 3.20 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.32. For the next quarter, that number is 1.20. This implies an EPS growth rate of 15.04% for this year and 16.96% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 153.32 million KMX shares are outstanding with a float of 151.58 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 KMX since 12 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 8 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 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 $3.03262 being high and $2.85786 being low. For KMX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.95038. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.19 and the low estimate is $0.84. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.06.
