With 0.56 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.48 million shares. The 52-week range on DFH shows that it touched its highest point at $39.15 and its lowest point at $19.65 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $27.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.95.
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 DFH was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -3.79%, but this was down by -2.50% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -2.28% while six-month performance fell -26.83%. The stock lost -32.34% in the past year, while it has lost -6.15% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for DFH yields 3.21 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.21. For the next quarter, that number is 0.63. This implies an EPS growth rate of -12.31% for this year and 9.46% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 35.71 million DFH shares are outstanding with a float of 28.41 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 DFH since 2 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, 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 $3.26847 being high and $3.20975 being low. For DFH, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.23911. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.94 and the low estimate is $0.52. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.73.
