With 0.67 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.45 million shares. The 52-week range on EE shows that it touched its highest point at $32.99 and its lowest point at $16.70 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $32.22. With its current market cap of 3.11 billion, EE has annualized dividend of $0.17 while the current yield stands at 0.62%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.39.
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 EE was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 7.59%, but this was up by 11.34% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -8.09% while six-month performance rose 16.92%. The stock gained 53.20% in the past year, while it has lost -9.09% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for EE yields 0.82 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.82. For the next quarter, that number is 0.31. This implies an EPS growth rate of 12.51% for this year and 27.22% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 21.95% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -10.77%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 30.95 million EE shares are outstanding with a float of 29.73 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 EE since 2 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 $1.24677 being high and $1.15554 being low. For EE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.19609.
