With 0.95 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.08 million shares. The 52-week range on WH shows that it touched its highest point at $113.07 and its lowest point at $67.67 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $105.44. With its current market cap of 6.49 billion, WH has annualized dividend of $1.55 while the current yield stands at 1.84%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.04.
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 WH was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.25%, but this was up by 7.42% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -21.65% while six-month performance fell -5.04%. The stock gained 12.57% in the past year, while it has lost -16.37% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WH yields 4.21 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.36. For the next quarter, that number is 1.18. This implies an EPS growth rate of 9.03% for this year and 13.44% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 12.05% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 17.29%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 77.50 million WH shares are outstanding with a float of 75.28 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 WH since 6 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 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 $4.3148 being high and $4.22512 being low. For WH, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.28491.
