With 1.2 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.87 million shares. The 52-week range on BKU shows that it touched its highest point at $44.45 and its lowest point at $26.78 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $39.36. With its current market cap of 2.59 billion, BKU has annualized dividend of $1.18 while the current yield stands at 3.43%. 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 BKU was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.49%, but this was up by 16.62% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -16.59% while six-month performance fell -0.81%. The stock gained 18.84% in the past year, while it has lost -9.93% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for BKU yields 3.21 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.52. For the next quarter, that number is 0.78. This implies an EPS growth rate of 4.06% for this year and 9.77% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 7.58% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -0.32%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 75.24 million BKU shares are outstanding with a float of 74.50 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 BKU since 10 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 5 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 $3.02678 being high and $2.86535 being low. For BKU, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.9158. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.85 and the low estimate is $0.79. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.82.
