With 19.57 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 10.48 million shares. The 52-week range on NCLH shows that it touched its highest point at $29.29 and its lowest point at $14.69 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $29.88. Beta for the stock currently stands at 2.27.
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 NCLH was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -14.62%, but this was down by -33.73% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -32.30% while six-month performance rose 9.53%. The stock lost -6.44% in the past year, while it has lost -27.17% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NCLH yields 1.77 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.60. For the next quarter, that number is 0.09. This implies an EPS growth rate of 14.94% for this year and 24.23% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 19.91% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -16.28%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 439.86 million NCLH shares are outstanding with a float of 434.99 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 NCLH since 11 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 6 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 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 $1.74507 being high and $1.58642 being low. For NCLH, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.65583.
