With 0.64 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.6 million shares. The 52-week range on PX shows that it touched its highest point at $14.28 and its lowest point at $7.44 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $14.20. With its current market cap of 1.27 billion, PX has annualized dividend of $0.14 while the current yield stands at 1.23%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.05.
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 PX was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.07%, but this was up by 14.90% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -17.08% while six-month performance rose 4.78%. The stock gained 51.13% in the past year, while it has lost -9.52% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PX yields 0.16 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.12. For the next quarter, that number is 0.21. This implies an EPS growth rate of -9.41% for this year and 23.18% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 10.02% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -3.78%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 67.61 million PX shares are outstanding with a float of 55.24 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 PX since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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 $1.00457 being high and $0.92339 being low. For PX, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.96398.
