With 6.49 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 8.45 million shares. The 52-week range on TAL shows that it touched its highest point at $15.30 and its lowest point at $7.34 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $12.48. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.10.
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 TAL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.19%, but this was up by 4.59% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -17.60% while six-month performance rose 5.72%. The stock lost -0.28% in the past year, while it has gained 6.99% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for TAL yields 0.14 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.50. For the next quarter, that number is 0.07. This implies an EPS growth rate of 121.94% for this year and 60.80% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 458.10 million TAL shares are outstanding with a float of 442.86 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 TAL since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 -$0.07697714 being high and -$0.19244 being low. For TAL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$0.13471.
