With 0.82 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.23 million shares. During the session, the Auto & Truck Dealerships company that operates in wider Consumer Cyclical sector, reached to the highest price of $64.68 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $58.46. The 52-week range on SAH shows that it touched its highest point at $60.24 and its lowest point at $39.02 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $54.80. With its current market cap of 2.12 billion, SAH has annualized dividend of $1.18 while the current yield stands at 1.89%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.77.
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 SAH was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 28.14%, but this was up by 10.87% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 20.46% while six-month performance rose 43.78%. The stock gained 19.42% in the past year, while it has gained 10.83% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SAH yields 4.89 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.37. For the next quarter, that number is 1.51. This implies an EPS growth rate of -16.99% for this year and 12.71% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 15.30% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 32.81%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 21.93 million SAH shares are outstanding with a float of 12.73 million shares on hand for trading. On 2024-04-15, short shares totaled 2.21 million, which was 648.0 higher than short shares on 1710460800. In addition to Mr. David Bruton Smith as the firm’s CEO & Chairman, Mr. Frank Jeff Dyke serves as its President & Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.74579 of SAH’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 2024-03-31, SAH reported revenue of $3384000000.0 and operating income of $107700000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $142500000.0 and diluted EPS was $1.2.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for SAH 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.
