With 0.94 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.91 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 $5.85. With its current market cap of 7.83 billion, ICL has annualized dividend of $0.20 while the current yield stands at 3.21%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.22.
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 -1.30%, but this was up by 1.00% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 31.67% while six-month performance rose 38.90%. The stock gained 14.10% in the past year, while it has gained 22.87% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ICL yields 0.32 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.46. For the next quarter, that number is 0.10. This implies an EPS growth rate of 10.53% for this year and 8.93% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.84% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -3.21%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 1.29 billion ICL shares are outstanding with a float of 719.06 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 $0.1. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.1.
