With 0.6 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.94 million shares. The 52-week range on SF shows that it touched its highest point at $120.64 and its lowest point at $73.27 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $102.43. With its current market cap of 9.17 billion, SF has annualized dividend of $1.72 while the current yield stands at 1.93%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.07.
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 SF was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.85%, but this was up by 13.35% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -21.39% while six-month performance fell -13.83%. The stock gained 8.83% in the past year, while it has lost -16.11% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SF yields 5.24 with Next year EPS estimates of 8.82. For the next quarter, that number is 1.67. This implies an EPS growth rate of 0.20% for this year and 29.19% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 15.04% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 42.35%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 103.08 million SF shares are outstanding with a float of 99.62 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 SF since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 2 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 $6.72936 being high and $6.49994 being low. For SF, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.58286. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $1.92 and the low estimate is $1.65. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $1.8.
