With 0.82 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.14 million shares. The 52-week range on HCKT shows that it touched its highest point at $34.02 and its lowest point at $20.23 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $34.00. With its current market cap of 661.87 million, HCKT has annualized dividend of $0.45 while the current yield stands at 1.88%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.01.
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 HCKT was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -6.26%, but this was down by -9.80% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -24.88% while six-month performance fell -1.16%. The stock gained 8.13% in the past year, while it has lost -22.07% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for HCKT yields 0.85 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.83. For the next quarter, that number is 0.38. This implies an EPS growth rate of -2.18% for this year and 11.36% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 27.65 million HCKT shares are outstanding with a float of 24.79 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 HCKT since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 $1.62843 being high and $1.61337 being low. For HCKT, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.62333.
