With 0.59 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.28 million shares. The 52-week range on SCSC shows that it touched its highest point at $53.90 and its lowest point at $28.75 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $47.67. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.33.
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 SCSC was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 14.97%, but this was up by 29.56% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -1.01% while six-month performance fell -13.13%. The stock lost -12.81% in the past year, while it has lost -19.09% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for SCSC yields 2.54 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.86. For the next quarter, that number is 0.93. This implies an EPS growth rate of 10.88% for this year and 12.96% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 15.37% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 6.42%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 22.89 million SCSC shares are outstanding with a float of 21.52 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 SCSC since 1 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 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 $3.40831 being high and $3.13169 being low. For SCSC, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $3.27.
