With 8.11 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 2.46 million shares. The 52-week range on BGS shows that it touched its highest point at $11.72 and its lowest point at $4.30 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $5.33. With its current market cap of 357.49 million, BGS has annualized dividend of $0.76 while the current yield stands at 16.96%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.72.
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 BGS was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -34.21%, but this was down by -26.56% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -26.32% while six-month performance fell -48.27%. The stock lost -59.78% in the past year, while it has lost -34.98% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BGS yields -2.66 with Next year EPS estimates of 0.60. For the next quarter, that number is 0.06. This implies an EPS growth rate of -19.94% for this year and 7.87% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 79.80 million BGS shares are outstanding with a float of 76.92 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 BGS since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 0 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 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 $0.71266 being high and $0.68296 being low. For BGS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $0.69286.
