With 2.05 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 2.55 million shares. The 52-week range on FIVE shows that it touched its highest point at $145.95 and its lowest point at $52.38 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $97.35. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.83.
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 FIVE was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 14.12%, but this was up by 54.26% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -8.45% while six-month performance fell -9.47%. The stock lost -41.10% in the past year, while it has lost -18.06% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for FIVE yields 4.59 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.90. For the next quarter, that number is 0.73. This implies an EPS growth rate of -9.70% for this year and 7.59% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 3.56% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 8.09%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 55.03 million FIVE shares are outstanding with a float of 53.66 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 FIVE since 16 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 9 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 7 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 $5.58392 being high and $5.51387 being low. For FIVE, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $5.54389.
