With 1.95 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 1.12 million shares. The 52-week range on SEM shows that it touched its highest point at $22.07 and its lowest point at $14.03 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $21.17. With its current market cap of 1.86 billion, SEM has annualized dividend of $0.44 while the current yield stands at 3.03%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.43.
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 SEM was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -21.51%, but this was down by -8.60% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -28.43% while six-month performance fell -16.36%. The stock lost -5.69% in the past year, while it has lost -23.34% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SEM yields 1.34 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.31. For the next quarter, that number is 0.25. This implies an EPS growth rate of 16.67% for this year and 19.86% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 17.07% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 8.51%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 128.31 million SEM shares are outstanding with a float of 109.86 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 SEM since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 $1.47065 being high and $1.43932 being low. For SEM, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.4522. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.2 and the low estimate is $0.09. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.16.
