With 5.44 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 10.81 million shares. The 52-week range on BEKE shows that it touched its highest point at $26.05 and its lowest point at $12.92 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $26.94. With its current market cap of 22.26 billion, BEKE has annualized dividend of $0.36 while the current yield stands at 1.86%. Beta for the stock currently stands at -0.73.
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 BEKE was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -5.89%, but this was up by 10.21% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 8.17% while six-month performance fell -12.86%. The stock gained 13.65% in the past year, while it has gained 4.89% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BEKE yields 0.48 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.22. For the next quarter, that number is 0.14. This implies an EPS growth rate of 17.57% for this year and 22.62% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 1.15 billion BEKE shares are outstanding with a float of 1.14 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 BEKE since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 0 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 $7.12787 being high and $6.775 being low. For BEKE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $6.98672.
