With 3.22 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 3.76 million shares. The 52-week range on JHX shows that it touched its highest point at $43.57 and its lowest point at $19.72 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $28.85. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.74.
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 JHX was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -4.23%, but this was up by 1.82% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -20.76% while six-month performance fell -25.43%. The stock lost -19.02% in the past year, while it has lost -16.26% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for JHX yields 0.98 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.72. For the next quarter, that number is 0.37. This implies an EPS growth rate of 0.40% for this year and 15.11% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 10.63% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 12.44%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 429.82 million JHX shares are outstanding with a float of 429.40 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 JHX since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 $1.96328 being high and $1.4814 being low. For JHX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.62142.
