With 0.78 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.5 million shares. The 52-week range on CPAY shows that it touched its highest point at $400.81 and its lowest point at $247.10 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $391.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.99.
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 CPAY was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 0.15%, but this was up by 13.03% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -16.16% while six-month performance fell -1.20%. The stock gained 8.87% in the past year, while it has lost -3.71% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CPAY yields 14.26 with Next year EPS estimates of 24.51. For the next quarter, that number is 5.11. This implies an EPS growth rate of 10.54% for this year and 16.62% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 14.45% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 7.05%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 70.25 million CPAY shares are outstanding with a float of 67.73 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 CPAY since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 $19.00526 being high and $18.90529 being low. For CPAY, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $18.97527.
