With 1.56 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.95 million shares. The 52-week range on COLM shows that it touched its highest point at $92.88 and its lowest point at $58.44 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $66.50. With its current market cap of 3.43 billion, COLM has annualized dividend of $1.20 while the current yield stands at 1.93%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.00.
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 COLM was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.91%, but this was down by -7.52% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -27.06% while six-month performance fell -18.46%. The stock lost -23.74% in the past year, while it has lost -25.96% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for COLM yields 3.91 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.53. For the next quarter, that number is -0.24. This implies an EPS growth rate of -10.47% for this year and 3.26% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 1.02% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -4.58%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 55.17 million COLM shares are outstanding with a float of 26.94 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 COLM since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 $4.00476 being high and $3.81689 being low. For COLM, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.91577.
