With 0.66 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.66 million shares. The 52-week range on UMBF shows that it touched its highest point at $129.94 and its lowest point at $78.56 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $120.50. With its current market cap of 7.69 billion, UMBF has annualized dividend of $1.58 while the current yield stands at 1.56%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.74.
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 UMBF was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 7.16%, but this was up by 17.01% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -13.74% while six-month performance fell -6.41%. The stock gained 22.75% in the past year, while it has lost -10.21% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for UMBF yields 7.95 with Next year EPS estimates of 11.25. For the next quarter, that number is 2.38. This implies an EPS growth rate of 6.99% for this year and 11.76% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 8.60% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 12.63%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 75.92 million UMBF shares are outstanding with a float of 72.66 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 UMBF since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 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 $9.07182 being high and $8.86763 being low. For UMBF, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $8.97459. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.67 and the low estimate is $2.38. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.51.
