With 45.97 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 58.47 million shares. The 52-week range on NU shows that it touched its highest point at $16.15 and its lowest point at $9.01 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $13.94. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.11.
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 NU was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.72%, but this was up by 21.42% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -5.10% while six-month performance fell -20.72%. The stock gained 14.61% in the past year, while it has gained 20.37% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NU yields 0.40 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.76. For the next quarter, that number is 0.12. This implies an EPS growth rate of 35.94% for this year and 39.02% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 3.68 billion NU shares are outstanding with a float of 3.21 billion 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 NU since 9 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 8 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 $0.4447 being high and $0.40428 being low. For NU, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.42449. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.14 and the low estimate is $0.12. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.13.
