With 1.07 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.83 million shares. The 52-week range on CHDN shows that it touched its highest point at $150.21 and its lowest point at $85.58 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $139.78. With its current market cap of 6.68 billion, CHDN has annualized dividend of $0.41 while the current yield stands at 0.44%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.94.
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 CHDN was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.30%, but this was down by -7.19% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -23.52% while six-month performance fell -33.21%. The stock lost -30.99% in the past year, while it has lost -30.74% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CHDN yields 5.62 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.77. For the next quarter, that number is 3.02. This implies an EPS growth rate of 3.38% for this year and 10.87% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 6.89% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 27.39%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 72.80 million CHDN shares are outstanding with a float of 65.01 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 CHDN since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 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 $5.94149 being high and $5.59663 being low. For CHDN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.75428.
