With 0.51 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.57 million shares. The 52-week range on AN shows that it touched its highest point at $198.50 and its lowest point at $148.33 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $199.80. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.00.
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 AN was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.82%, but this was up by 11.13% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -9.79% while six-month performance rose 12.37%. The stock gained 6.30% in the past year, while it has gained 3.38% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for AN yields 16.90 with Next year EPS estimates of 19.81. For the next quarter, that number is 4.47. This implies an EPS growth rate of 5.00% for this year and 8.06% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.12% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 27.76%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 37.89 million AN shares are outstanding with a float of 27.61 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 AN since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 2 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 $16.95885 being high and $16.60701 being low. For AN, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $16.82817.
