With 1.99 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.02 million shares. During the session, the Insurance – Property & Casualty company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $13.98 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $12.77. The 52-week range on SLDE shows that it touched its highest point at $25.90 and its lowest point at $13.80 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $22.60.
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 SLDE was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -9.27%, but this was down by -33.98% over a month. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SLDE yields 2.08 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.48. For the next quarter, that number is 0.48. This implies an EPS growth rate of 130.20% for this year and -0.88% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 125.50 million SLDE shares are outstanding with a float of 71.21 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-08-15, short shares totaled 1.1 million, which was 88.0 higher than short shares on 1752537600. In addition to Mr. Bruce Thomas Lucas J.D. as the firm’s Founder, CEO & Chairman, Mr. Jesse J. Schalk serves as its President & CFO.
Analysts Ratings:
In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With SLDE analysts setting a high price target of 25.0 and a low target of 18.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 22.6. Based on these targets, SLDE could surge 93.5% to reach the target high and rise by 39.32% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 74.92% 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 $4.40345 being high and $4.23168 being low. For SLDE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.32824. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.85 and the low estimate is $0.64. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.71.
