Check Out Charter Communications Inc (CHTR)’s Trade Data Rather Than the Analysts’ Views

With 1.06 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.34 million shares. The 52-week range on CHTR shows that it touched its highest point at $415.27 and its lowest point at $261.76 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $425.46. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.09.

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 CHTR was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 5.59%, but this was up by 25.72% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 14.46% while six-month performance rose 7.60%. The stock gained 48.97% in the past year, while it has gained 17.98% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for CHTR yields 36.06 with Next year EPS estimates of 44.01. For the next quarter, that number is 9.70. This implies an EPS growth rate of 6.70% for this year and 17.96% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 13.30% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 36.23%.

Float and Shares Shorts:

At present, 140.36 million CHTR shares are outstanding with a float of 96.02 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 CHTR since 25 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 10 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 5 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 10 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 $34.86641 being high and $32.38083 being low. For CHTR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $33.74546.