With 5.38 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 7.1 million shares. The 52-week range on HMY shows that it touched its highest point at $18.77 and its lowest point at $7.97 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $13.59. With its current market cap of 9.91 billion, HMY has annualized dividend of $0.18 while the current yield stands at 1.12%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.05.
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 HMY was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.92%, but this was up by 8.74% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 35.00% while six-month performance rose 41.22%. The stock gained 85.02% in the past year, while it has gained 94.03% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HMY yields 0.92 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.08.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 622.18 million HMY shares are outstanding with a float of 621.73 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 HMY since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 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 $1.1581 being high and $1.00222 being low. For HMY, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.06977. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.
