Ready to Jump After Recent Trade: Telephone And Data Systems, Inc (TDS)

With 2.6 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.07 million shares. The 52-week range on TDS shows that it touched its highest point at $41.21 and its lowest point at $14.04 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $51.50. With its current market cap of 3.40 billion, TDS has annualized dividend of $0.16 while the current yield stands at 0.50%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.57.

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 TDS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -15.59%, but this was down by -16.16% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -9.83% while six-month performance rose 7.19%. The stock gained 100.25% in the past year, while it has lost -6.95% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for TDS yields -1.03 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.25. For the next quarter, that number is 0.01. This implies an EPS growth rate of 59.88% for this year and 26.96% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 107.00 million TDS shares are outstanding with a float of 98.99 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 TDS since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 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 -$1.07699 being high and -$1.10106 being low. For TDS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$1.08655.