With 0.53 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.49 million shares. During the session, the Engineering & Construction company that operates in wider Industrials sector, reached to the highest price of $390.0 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $377.7. The 52-week range on EME shows that it touched its highest point at $545.29 and its lowest point at $314.74 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $499.80. With its current market cap of 17.39 billion, EME has annualized dividend of $1.00 while the current yield stands at 0.26%. EME paid its most recent dividend on 1736985600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1736985600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.08.
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 EME was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.60%, but this was down by -18.03% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -24.88% while six-month performance rose 5.02%. The stock gained 17.65% in the past year, while it has lost -15.75% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for EME yields 21.54 with Next year EPS estimates of 25.24. For the next quarter, that number is 4.62. This implies an EPS growth rate of 7.71% for this year and 8.89% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.11% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 30.19%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 45.81 million EME shares are outstanding with a float of 44.86 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 0.93 million, which was 205.99999000000003 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Anthony J. Guzzi as the firm’s Chairman, President & CEO, Ms. Maxine Lum Mauricio Esq. serves as its Chief Administrative Officer, Executive VP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.94808 of EME’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, EME reported revenue of $3770019000.0 and operating income of $388564000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $460184000.0 and diluted EPS was $6.32.
Analysts Ratings:
In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With EME analysts setting a high price target of 525.0 and a low target of 445.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 499.8. Based on these targets, EME could surge 37.29% to reach the target high and rise by 16.37% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 30.7% from current levels.
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 $21.09236 being high and $21.06187 being low. For EME, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $21.0822.
