With 0.51 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.53 million shares. The 52-week range on NSP shows that it touched its highest point at $106.69 and its lowest point at $61.54 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $73.75. With its current market cap of 2.45 billion, NSP has annualized dividend of $2.40 while the current yield stands at 3.68%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.54.
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 NSP was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.35%, but this was down by -19.66% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -12.16% while six-month performance fell -13.22%. The stock lost -36.59% in the past year, while it has lost -15.83% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NSP yields 1.65 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.69. For the next quarter, that number is 0.41. This implies an EPS growth rate of -30.78% for this year and 48.99% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 6.13% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -8.34%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 36.70 million NSP shares are outstanding with a float of 35.58 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 NSP since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 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 1 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 $3.58411 being high and $3.49426 being low. For NSP, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.53419.
