With 0.93 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.62 million shares. The 52-week range on WMS shows that it touched its highest point at $184.27 and its lowest point at $93.92 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $144.78. With its current market cap of 8.63 billion, WMS has annualized dividend of $0.64 while the current yield stands at 0.58%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.30.
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 WMS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -2.01%, but this was up by 11.12% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -4.14% while six-month performance fell -25.68%. The stock lost -32.56% in the past year, while it has lost -3.80% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WMS yields 5.98 with Next year EPS estimates of 6.23. For the next quarter, that number is 1.06. This implies an EPS growth rate of -7.94% for this year and 5.98% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 3.09% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 39.58%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 71.68 million WMS shares are outstanding with a float of 71.13 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 WMS since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 8 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 $6.72515 being high and $6.1078 being low. For WMS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.25108.
