With 1.85 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.57 million shares. The 52-week range on HOG shows that it touched its highest point at $39.93 and its lowest point at $20.45 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $28.88. With its current market cap of 2.88 billion, HOG has annualized dividend of $0.70 while the current yield stands at 2.99%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.33.
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 HOG was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.65%, but this was up by 1.44% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -13.09% while six-month performance fell -27.04%. The stock lost -33.46% in the past year, while it has lost -22.64% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HOG yields 2.68 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.43. For the next quarter, that number is 1.06. This implies an EPS growth rate of -20.96% for this year and 26.19% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 6.28% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 5.10%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 123.70 million HOG shares are outstanding with a float of 122.70 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 HOG since 13 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 2 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 6 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 $3.72158 being high and $3.5707 being low. For HOG, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.64111.
