With 1.95 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.1 million shares. The 52-week range on ANF shows that it touched its highest point at $196.99 and its lowest point at $99.12 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $182.57. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.46.
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 ANF was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -0.98%, but this was down by -12.93% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -26.48% while six-month performance fell -38.72%. The stock lost -15.26% in the past year, while it has lost -30.37% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ANF yields 10.10 with Next year EPS estimates of 11.40. For the next quarter, that number is 3.53. This implies an EPS growth rate of 69.67% for this year and 7.01% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 24.33% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 41.99%.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for ANF since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 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 $6.18567 being high and $6.00638 being low. For ANF, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.12591. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.12 and the low estimate is $1.89. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.01.
