With 0.68 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.06 million shares. The 52-week range on HCC shows that it touched its highest point at $75.53 and its lowest point at $38.00 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $65.20. With its current market cap of 2.50 billion, HCC has annualized dividend of $0.32 while the current yield stands at 0.67%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.73.
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 HCC was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.16%, but this was up by 17.07% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -10.02% while six-month performance fell -24.60%. The stock lost -27.32% in the past year, while it has lost -12.24% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HCC yields 2.01 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.08. For the next quarter, that number is 0.17. This implies an EPS growth rate of -55.81% for this year and 179.58% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 11.02% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -3.96%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 52.56 million HCC shares are outstanding with a float of 51.27 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 HCC since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 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 $5.7877 being high and $4.641 being low. For HCC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.26488. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.77 and the low estimate is $0.77. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.77.
