With 0.65 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.81 million shares. The 52-week range on EVR shows that it touched its highest point at $324.06 and its lowest point at $148.63 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $220.38. With its current market cap of 8.38 billion, EVR has annualized dividend of $3.20 while the current yield stands at 1.48%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.39.
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 EVR was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 5.15%, but this was up by 32.34% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -24.05% while six-month performance fell -17.83%. The stock gained 12.17% in the past year, while it has lost -21.81% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for EVR yields 10.45 with Next year EPS estimates of 15.26. For the next quarter, that number is 1.50. This implies an EPS growth rate of 14.29% for this year and 41.73% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 26.17% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 5.69%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 38.66 million EVR shares are outstanding with a float of 36.08 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 EVR since 4 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 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 $9.25627 being high and $8.39499 being low. For EVR, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $8.83058.
