With 1.09 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.92 million shares. The 52-week range on ICL shows that it touched its highest point at $6.57 and its lowest point at $3.79 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $5.32. With its current market cap of 7.94 billion, ICL has annualized dividend of $0.20 while the current yield stands at 3.17%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.24.
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 ICL was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.28%, but this was up by 5.49% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 32.83% while six-month performance rose 37.58%. The stock gained 21.78% in the past year, while it has gained 24.49% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ICL yields 0.32 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.48. For the next quarter, that number is 0.10. This implies an EPS growth rate of 11.02% for this year and 12.68% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 1.29 billion ICL shares are outstanding with a float of 718.98 million shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for ICL since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 $0.42386 being high and $0.36028 being low. For ICL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.39207. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.11 and the low estimate is $0.11. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.11.
