Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) stock jumped 2.04% on Tuesday to $40.48 against a previous-day closing price of $39.67. With 4.88 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 5.11 million shares. During the session, the Banks – Regional company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $42.67 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $40.40. The 52-week range on CMA shows that it touched its highest point at $87.02 and its lowest point at $28.40 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $57.66. With its current market cap of 5.39 billion, CMA has annualized dividend of $2.84 while the current yield stands at 7.02%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.18.
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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 CMA was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 19.37%, but this was down by -5.07% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -41.77% while six-month performance fell -42.09%. The stock lost -44.61% in the past year, while it has lost -39.45% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CMA yields 9.52 with Next year EPS estimates of 7.72. For the next quarter, that number is 1.94. This implies an EPS growth rate of 1.40% for this year and -5.19% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -10.70% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 12.20%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 131.00 million CMA shares are outstanding with a float of 130.17 million shares on hand for trading. On Apr 27, 2023, short shares totaled 8.64 million, which was 6.56% higher than short shares on Mar 30, 2023. In addition to Mr. Curtis Chatman Farmer as the firm’s Chairman, CEO & Pres, Mr. James J. Herzog serves as its CFO & Sr. EVP.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 84.90% of CMA’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have majority control over the company. Other institutions hold 49.58% of CMA, in contrast to 4.99% held by mutual funds. Shares owned by individuals account for 30.28%. As the largest shareholder in CMA with 12.55% of the stake, The Vanguard Group, Inc. holds 16,484,739 shares worth 16,484,739. A second-largest stockholder of CMA, BlackRock Fund Advisors, holds 10,607,099 shares, controlling over 8.07% of the firm’s shares. SSgA Funds Management, Inc. is the third largest shareholder in CMA, holding 7,821,457 shares or 5.96% stake. With a 3.09% stake in CMA, the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF is the largest stakeholder. A total of 4,056,330 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager. The iShares Tr. – Select Dividend ETF, which owns about 2.66% of CMA stock, is the second-largest Mutual Fund holder. It holds 3,492,738 shares valued at 151.48 million. Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund holds 2.62% of the stake in CMA, owning 3,437,372 shares worth 149.08 million.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for CMA since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With CMA analysts setting a high price target of $80.00 and a low target of $42.00, the average target price over the next 12 months is $56.76. Based on these targets, CMA could surge 97.63% to reach the target high and rise by 3.75% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 40.22% 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.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded CMA stock several times over the past three months with 16 Buys and 19 Sells. In these transactions, 112,670 shares were bought while 52,268 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 51 while that of sell transactions has risen to 92 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 201,123 while 104,596 shares were sold.
