With 0.57 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.42 million shares. The 52-week range on EXP shows that it touched its highest point at $321.93 and its lowest point at $194.62 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $246.92. With its current market cap of 6.45 billion, EXP has annualized dividend of $1.00 while the current yield stands at 0.51%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.28.
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 EXP was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.29%, but this was down by -15.90% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -8.92% while six-month performance fell -29.15%. The stock lost -13.94% in the past year, while it has lost -20.06% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for EXP yields 13.75 with Next year EPS estimates of 15.50. For the next quarter, that number is 3.73. This implies an EPS growth rate of 0.70% for this year and 10.42% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 6.63% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 52.38%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 34.14 million EXP shares are outstanding with a float of 32.36 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 EXP since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 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 $14.34666 being high and $14.1264 being low. For EXP, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $14.24654.
