With 4.0 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 7.18 million shares. During the session, the Advertising Agencies company that operates in wider Communication Services sector, reached to the highest price of $348.55 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $333.205. The 52-week range on APP shows that it touched its highest point at $525.15 and its lowest point at $60.67 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $487.77. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.43.
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 APP was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.83%, but this was down by -16.40% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 18.85% while six-month performance rose 0.25%. The stock gained 3.76% in the past year, while it has gained 303.75% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for APP yields 5.54 with Next year EPS estimates of 11.91. For the next quarter, that number is 1.95. This implies an EPS growth rate of 84.11% for this year and 42.81% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 47.35% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 84.28%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 307.67 million APP shares are outstanding with a float of 212.03 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-06-13, short shares totaled 10.81 million, which was 319.0 higher than short shares on 1747267200. In addition to Mr. Adam Arash Foroughi as the firm’s Co-Founder, CEO & Chairperson, Mr. Matthew A. Stumpf serves as its Chief Financial Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.73091006 of APP’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-03-31, APP reported revenue of $1484021000.0 and operating income of $852414000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $940112000.0 and diluted EPS was $1.67.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for APP since 21 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 13 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 7 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. With APP analysts setting a high price target of 650.0 and a low target of 250.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 465.49142. Based on these targets, APP could surge 93.45% to reach the target high and fall by -25.6% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 38.54% from current levels.
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 $4.10466 being high and $3.96552 being low. For APP, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.06491. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.73 and the low estimate is $2.39. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.56.
