With 9.71 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 5.08 million shares. The 52-week range on SAND shows that it touched its highest point at $9.47 and its lowest point at $4.92 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $10.38. With its current market cap of 2.79 billion, SAND has annualized dividend of $0.06 while the current yield stands at 0.60%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.45.
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 SAND was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 7.20%, but this was up by 7.56% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 50.08% while six-month performance rose 69.57%. The stock gained 67.78% in the past year, while it has gained 70.79% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SAND yields 0.10 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.25. For the next quarter, that number is 0.05. This implies an EPS growth rate of 274.69% for this year and 34.51% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 76.01% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -12.26%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 293.45 million SAND shares are outstanding with a float of 268.87 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 SAND since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 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 $0.10465 being high and $0.06659333 being low. For SAND, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.08562.
