With 0.86 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.48 million shares. The 52-week range on SPB shows that it touched its highest point at $96.74 and its lowest point at $57.66 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $90.75. With its current market cap of 1.69 billion, SPB has annualized dividend of $1.78 while the current yield stands at 2.78%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.97.
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 SPB was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 1.63%, but this was up by 8.81% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -16.17% while six-month performance fell -30.06%. The stock lost -24.93% in the past year, while it has lost -24.13% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SPB yields 4.07 with Next year EPS estimates of 5.44. For the next quarter, that number is 1.68. This implies an EPS growth rate of 19.40% for this year and 12.23% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 26.31 million SPB shares are outstanding with a float of 25.33 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 SPB since 7 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 5 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 $4.94199 being high and $4.12935 being low. For SPB, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $4.49787.
