With 0.58 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.51 million shares. The 52-week range on KLIC shows that it touched its highest point at $53.71 and its lowest point at $38.20 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $50.14. With its current market cap of 2.15 billion, KLIC has annualized dividend of $0.81 while the current yield stands at 2.00%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.39.
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 KLIC was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -7.18%, but this was down by -5.99% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -16.82% while six-month performance fell -7.48%. The stock lost -17.68% in the past year, while it has lost -13.61% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KLIC yields 0.12 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.26. For the next quarter, that number is 0.19. This implies an EPS growth rate of 5227.78% for this year and 41.50% for next year.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for KLIC since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 $0.055 being high and $0.04315307 being low. For KLIC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.044. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.45 and the low estimate is $0.28. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.37.
