With 50.25 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 8.15 million shares. The 52-week range on KSS shows that it touched its highest point at $29.60 and its lowest point at $10.91 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $10.12. With its current market cap of 1.02 billion, KSS has annualized dividend of $2.00 while the current yield stands at 21.86%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.51.
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 KSS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -19.53%, but this was down by -24.25% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -40.55% while six-month performance fell -54.04%. The stock lost -65.90% in the past year, while it has lost -34.83% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for KSS yields 2.22 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.77. For the next quarter, that number is -0.42. This implies an EPS growth rate of -49.35% for this year and 1.57% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 111.00 million KSS shares are outstanding with a float of 108.25 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 KSS since 13 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 3 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 6 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 $2.57189 being high and $2.30654 being low. For KSS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.46983. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.56 and the low estimate is $0.56. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.56.
