With 0.58 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 0.56 million shares. The 52-week range on ATHM shows that it touched its highest point at $34.70 and its lowest point at $21.89 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $29.87. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.03.
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 ATHM was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -6.23%, but this was up by 6.76% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -7.23% while six-month performance fell -10.24%. The stock lost -5.85% in the past year, while it has lost -2.04% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for ATHM yields 1.85 with Next year EPS estimates of 1.97. For the next quarter, that number is 0.51. This implies an EPS growth rate of 6.73% for this year and 0.18% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 3.03% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of -12.75%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 119.82 million ATHM shares are outstanding with a float of 119.78 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 ATHM since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 1 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 3 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 $2.36909 being high and $1.8445 being low. For ATHM, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.06449.
