Cushman & Wakefield plc (CWK) is looking forward to a strong quarter

With 2.6 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.37 million shares. The 52-week range on CWK shows that it touched its highest point at $16.11 and its lowest point at $7.64 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $11.90. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.44.

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 CWK was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.57%, but this was up by 9.33% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -26.84% while six-month performance fell -27.38%. The stock lost -0.71% in the past year, while it has lost -24.77% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CWK yields 0.69 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.30. For the next quarter, that number is 0.23. This implies an EPS growth rate of 41.32% for this year and 19.16% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 24.02% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 262.58%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 231.28 million CWK shares are outstanding with a float of 228.57 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 CWK since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 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 $0.94602 being high and $0.86636 being low. For CWK, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.90619.