With 0.54 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.55 million shares. The 52-week range on DIN shows that it touched its highest point at $51.35 and its lowest point at $25.32 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $36.83. With its current market cap of 389.54 million, DIN has annualized dividend of $2.04 while the current yield stands at 7.98%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.87.
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 DIN was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -6.14%, but this was down by -19.98% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -21.94% while six-month performance fell -22.27%. The stock lost -44.09% in the past year, while it has lost -15.12% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for DIN yields 6.02 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.91. For the next quarter, that number is 1.35. This implies an EPS growth rate of -12.37% for this year and 1.40% for next year. EPS is expected to decline by -1.85% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 7.35%.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for DIN since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 $5.86757 being high and $5.78773 being low. For DIN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.82765. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.46 and the low estimate is $1.28. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.39.
