With 1.7 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.31 million shares. The 52-week range on PD shows that it touched its highest point at $23.12 and its lowest point at $13.94 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $18.45. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.88.
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 PD was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -8.65%, but this was down by -12.51% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -18.72% while six-month performance fell -27.58%. The stock lost -29.49% in the past year, while it has lost -19.61% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PD yields -0.40 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.12. For the next quarter, that number is 0.20. This implies an EPS growth rate of 13.92% for this year and 15.33% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 15.66% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 5.07%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 92.15 million PD shares are outstanding with a float of 86.00 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 PD since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 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 $0.73821 being high and $0.7112 being low. For PD, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.72122.
