RPC, Inc (RES) expanding its growth trajectory ahead

With 1.15 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.7 million shares. The 52-week range on RES shows that it touched its highest point at $7.53 and its lowest point at $4.10 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $6.25. With its current market cap of 1.03 billion, RES has annualized dividend of $0.16 while the current yield stands at 3.43%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.90.

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 RES was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.48%, but this was up by 4.95% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -25.08% while six-month performance fell -17.38%. The stock lost -31.17% in the past year, while it has lost -21.55% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for RES yields 0.35 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.45. For the next quarter, that number is 0.09. This implies an EPS growth rate of -22.74% for this year and 36.56% for next year.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 216.02 million RES shares are outstanding with a float of 97.57 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 RES since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 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 $0.53035 being high and $0.3958 being low. For RES, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.44077.