With 3.37 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.02 million shares. The 52-week range on DV shows that it touched its highest point at $35.57 and its lowest point at $13.42 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $20.24. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.01.
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 DV was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.88%, but this was down by -30.14% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -27.92% while six-month performance fell -20.48%. The stock lost -48.65% in the past year, while it has lost -20.98% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for DV yields 0.32 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.44. For the next quarter, that number is 0.02. This implies an EPS growth rate of 5.33% for this year and 31.01% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 19.72% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 16.64%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 167.07 million DV shares are outstanding with a float of 139.27 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 DV since 11 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 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 $0.39011 being high and $0.34905 being low. For DV, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.36958. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.25 and the low estimate is $0.17. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.2.
