With 2.58 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.63 million shares. The 52-week range on FND shows that it touched its highest point at $135.67 and its lowest point at $85.86 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $105.42. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.83.
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 FND was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.91%, but this was down by -10.67% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -14.16% while six-month performance fell -11.95%. The stock lost -25.97% in the past year, while it has lost -6.83% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for FND yields 1.90 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.55. For the next quarter, that number is 0.45. This implies an EPS growth rate of 4.06% for this year and 29.07% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 20.08% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 5.78%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 107.36 million FND shares are outstanding with a float of 105.60 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 FND since 9 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 8 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 $1.75412 being high and $1.67438 being low. For FND, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.71425. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.63 and the low estimate is $0.5. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.57.
