With 12.55 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 19.25 million shares. The 52-week range on STLA shows that it touched its highest point at $23.37 and its lowest point at $8.39 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $11.76. With its current market cap of 28.31 billion, STLA has annualized dividend of $0.77 while the current yield stands at 7.81%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.46.
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 STLA was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 4.44%, but this was up by 15.83% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -23.65% while six-month performance fell -27.83%. The stock lost -54.97% in the past year, while it has lost -24.29% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for STLA yields 1.95 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.65. EPS is expected to grow by 7.23% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -0.34%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 2.86 billion STLA shares are outstanding with a float of 1.92 billion 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 STLA since 11 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 7 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 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 $2.65263 being high and $2.21561 being low. For STLA, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.45952.
